All of your baby fish will look identical at first, but at about age 6 you can see roughly what species of fish they willīecome. Hungry, so feed them as soon as they appear, or they won't survive. Growing Fish From Eggs: When you purchase eggs from the Supplies store, they appear at the top of the screen and you place them in one of your tanks to start their growth. Each batch purchased contains about 5 eggs of various types. Fish from the latter two types of egg are especially hard to rear and often die early unless you haveĬompleted Environmental research.
There are 3 grades of eggs available here, Common, Unusual, and Rare. Others may be purchased in the form of eggs from the New Fish: You will obtain most of your new fish by breeding your existing fish. It is intended for selling your fish to raise cash, but it can be used just like your main tank when required.
The main tank, which can hold up to 20 fish, is where you will do most of your breeding and growing of fish. Other varieties and species of more valuable fish. Some, such as the Greenfin Spotanus (one of the 7 Magic fish), are quite valuable while others are of fairly low value but can be cross-bred to produce Too much food can make the fish ill, so only feed them when the Fed indicator (which pops up when you click on a fish) If you accepted Help when starting, you will have an extra 3 fish that are almost mature.įood is free, and is dragged into the tanks as required throughout the game. Starters: At the start you are given $300 virtual cash, unlimited food, about 5 fish eggs, and 2 tanks.Ĭash allows you to buy medicines, eggs, tank development and research, and, later, an extra tank. Possible, as breeding costs nothing and the new fish are your only source of cash. It’s important to keep all adult fish pregnant as much as
Slow, as you raise the free fish provided and try to keep them alive, but the pace quickens once you have a viable fish population.
Your first task is to raise cash, in order to keep your fish alive, increase your breeding stock, and pay for Research to increase their viability. Your Goals: The stated aim of the game is to discover all of the Magic Fish, but you may find that once you have reached this stage you will want to go on to "discover" all of Included in these are 7 Magic Fish with various special attributes you can use to forward your cause.Īt any time, you can see details about the number of fish types you have found, how many have died, how much cash you have spent, and several other things, by clicking on one of the Magicįish display frames at the top of the tank, and pressing Statistics. In all, there are 441 different types of fish – 21 varieties of each of 21 species. Many of the fish are just "common" fish, with little sale value, while others are of quite high value. The Game: Fish Tycoon is a game in which you own a set of up to 3 simulated fish tanks, in which you breed and care for several hundred types of fish. If you wish to contact me with comments or suggestions about this site, you can E-mail me here. The free version, and later versions,Ĭan be obtained from the creator's website here. General InformationThese pages relate to the now FREE Fish Tycoon (version 1), which varies a little from later versions but is fully functional.