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Title: How Do You Keep Your Aquarium?
Post by: fantasymooma on September 25, 2008, 02:33 PM
I just wanted to see what kind of Fish, Decorations, Backgrounds, Music and Water Temps everyone has for their Aquarium and how things are going for you with you tank health.  I would like to see how everyone's Aquariums are doing. :)

- I have 3 Goldfish, 1 Arrow Fish, and 1 Sharktooth Fish.
- I keep my water temp at Chilly.
- I have the Stars background along with Bamboo 1 & 2 in my tank.
- Oh and I have Seashell Shock playing as my music.
- But... my overall tank health has been 5% from the very begining when all I had was just fish, I thought as you added things to the tank and made your fish happy and the tank health would go up.
 
(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p244/fantasymooma/tankhealth.jpg)

The sweet embrace of death.!?!?  Noo!!  :cry:
Title: Re: How Do You Keep Your Aquarium?
Post by: Happy on September 25, 2008, 02:58 PM
Mine started at 6 for health.  I have if set for the temp that describes perfect for a picnic.  Remember to feed those fish too!  I added the earth globe and a pirate skull from the "daily chance". 


Those sayings on Gaia items always crack me up.
Title: Re: How Do You Keep Your Aquarium?
Post by: AmberDaze on September 26, 2008, 04:20 AM
I've already had one fish embrace death...I told him it was ok to go.  :lolg:
Title: Re: How Do You Keep Your Aquarium?
Post by: fantasymooma on September 26, 2008, 09:13 AM
Aww Days.  Sorry to hear about your little fishy.

I still don't understand this whole Overseer thing and the tank health.  I've made sure that I see 5 little hearts everytime I change something.  And I've added a few things to my tank also.   My tank health has not moved, it's still at 5%.   Does this mean I have too many fish in my tank??
It's going to be hard if I lose a fish.  :'(
Title: Re: How Do You Keep Your Aquarium?
Post by: wdwdreamin on September 26, 2008, 10:32 AM
I don't quite get the overseer thingy either.  I click it and the only thing that happens is a save button appears.  As far as the 5% tank health goes, I'm starting to think it is yet another Gaia glitch.
Title: Re: How Do You Keep Your Aquarium?
Post by: fantasymooma on September 27, 2008, 10:04 AM
When I thought my Overseer was just a big ball sitting at the bottom of my tank, it finally spoke to me.

(http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p244/fantasymooma/Overseer.jpg)

When you go to your Aquarium you'll see that the Overseer is open,  that means it has a gift for you.   And my tank health is slowly going up.  :clapping:  I guess they finally fixed all that was going wrong with the Aquarium.  Woot!
Title: Re: How Do You Keep Your Aquarium?
Post by: mummykat on September 27, 2008, 10:45 AM
My tank health is above 7% now.    :2thunbs:   And I have only added one extra set of the arrow fish. However, each time I go to the tank, I feed them if I can. I change the lighting, music, and temp from chilly to mod. and back again bc I noticed that each time I do this the fish are happy. In other words, change is a good thing, even if it is temporary. So if you change their music for a while, then change it back they get happy twice. I think that has helped my "happy meter" to increase.
So far I have only gotten one gift from the overseer, 30 gold.
Title: Re: How Do You Keep Your Aquarium?
Post by: mummykat on September 27, 2008, 10:47 AM
BTW Fantasy, your tank is really pretty. Those should be very happy little fishies!!
Drat, I need to replenish my cash account so I can get cute stuff for the aquarium.   :'(
Title: Re: How Do You Keep Your Aquarium?
Post by: fantasymooma on September 27, 2008, 02:19 PM
BTW Fantasy, your tank is really pretty. Those should be very happy little fishies!!
Drat, I need to replenish my cash account so I can get cute stuff for the aquarium.   :'(

Aww thanks Mummy.

I got reallt good deals on the fountain and the bamboo in the marketplace and the Earth came from the daily chance.   But I just had to have those bubbles and bought it with my cash since they are expencive in the MP.  

However, each time I go to the tank, I feed them if I can. I change the lighting, music, and temp from chilly to mod. and back again bc I noticed that each time I do this the fish are happy. In other words, change is a good thing, even if it is temporary. So if you change their music for a while, then change it back they get happy twice. I think that has helped my "happy meter" to increase.

And I do the same with my tank, changing things around every now and again while I'm on.   
Title: Re: How Do You Keep Your Aquarium?
Post by: Happy on September 27, 2008, 04:50 PM
Thanks for the tips.  I got 30 gold from the overseer too.  Half the time my aquarium is dow nfor maintenance.  Hopefully there will be less maintenance once the bugs are worked out.
Title: Re: How Do You Keep Your Aquarium?
Post by: fantasymooma on September 29, 2008, 01:25 PM
Woot!  My tank is getting healthier and healthier each day.   Guess they finally worked out all the bugs. :)    And I got more Gold today too from the Overseer.     Now I only wish they would let us buy the Items in the shop with our Gold.  The MP prices are still to high for me (Miss Cheap-o).