I haven't raised this species, but I have raised various other pond-breeders; here's my advice, for what it's worth.

I would leave the pump/filter off until the larvae are fairly large, as it could potentially hurt them and will also strain their prey items out of the water. Just perform frequent small water changes.

You can offer them any small live invertebrates. Hatchlings will feed on Daphnia, brine shrimp nauplii, or similar-sized organisms; if you have a nearby pond or lake that you think is clean, you can just run a brine shrimp net through the water to collect lots of appropriate prey items. As the larvae grow, they can be offered larger items, such as blackworms, bloodworms, larger brine shrimp, mosquito larvae, etc.

I hope this was helpful!

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