Fish Lab - a fish happiness guide

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[snogurl123]

Just curious, but how does the population of the tank and the items in the tank effect the cuttlefish? My tank has a few items in it, 8 fish (4 goldfish, 2 arrow fish and 1 sharktooth), I've had my cuttlefish for 2 days now and its happieness is at 1002. My friend just got her cuttlefish yesterday, doesnt have any items in the tank and only 3 other fish (2 goldfish and 1 arrow fish) and her cuttlefish jumped up to 1008 over night. Our light/temp/music settings are identical though and we both feed them 5 times a day.

[Athena1964]

Novocain

Athena1964

Novocain

thanks Athena, but i have my own information xd I got called away from the computer before i could finish setting up.

Edit: if you want to keep track of how those settings effect your fishes' happiness, that might be useful later, and i'll credit you for keeping track

Lol, of course XD I decided that I would like to make my self feel special by saying I helped XD Lol, I'll keep the their happiness in check and what not. So far the Starfish went up 2 happiness points from yesterday, so he's at 20,004 now. That Cuttlefish is a stingy fish XD

thanks for the help!

my Cuttlefish is at 1012 now and my Starfish is at 20008, they both went up 4 points from yesterday. my Octopii and Arrowfish both only went up 2 though.

it looks like fish can be happy with a setting, but could be happier with another. hmmmmm.... i wish there was a way of testing that out without needing to wait a day for their scores to increase.

I could probably try that out. I have several (shocking, no?) mule accounts that could test that theory out?

[Novocain]

snogurl123

Just curious, but how does the population of the tank and the items in the tank effect the cuttlefish? My tank has a few items in it, 8 fish (4 goldfish, 2 arrow fish and 1 sharktooth), I've had my cuttlefish for 2 days now and its happieness is at 1002. My friend just got her cuttlefish yesterday, doesnt have any items in the tank and only 3 other fish (2 goldfish and 1 arrow fish) and her cuttlefish jumped up to 1008 over night. Our light/temp/music settings are identical though and we both feed them 5 times a day.

The items in the tank will effect the cuttlefish the same way as any other fish. Did your friend have seven other fish in her tank when she put in her cuttlefish or did she add other fish to the tank after adding it in? When adding fish to my tank, i've sometimes noticed jumps in their happiness level afterward because more happy fish will increase your aquariums overall health.

That could be the reason behind the difference in numbers. My cuttlefish has been in my tank for three days now and his happiness is at 1012. What are the settings in your aquarium?

[Novocain]

Athena1964

Novocain

Athena1964

Novocain

thanks Athena, but i have my own information xd I got called away from the computer before i could finish setting up.

Edit: if you want to keep track of how those settings effect your fishes' happiness, that might be useful later, and i'll credit you for keeping track

Lol, of course XD I decided that I would like to make my self feel special by saying I helped XD Lol, I'll keep the their happiness in check and what not. So far the Starfish went up 2 happiness points from yesterday, so he's at 20,004 now. That Cuttlefish is a stingy fish XD

thanks for the help!

my Cuttlefish is at 1012 now and my Starfish is at 20008, they both went up 4 points from yesterday. my Octopii and Arrowfish both only went up 2 though.

it looks like fish can be happy with a setting, but could be happier with another. hmmmmm.... i wish there was a way of testing that out without needing to wait a day for their scores to increase.

I could probably try that out. I have several (shocking, no?) mule accounts that could test that theory out?

that would be wicked handy! i have one mule account and can try a couple fish there. just pick some settings and keep rotating one each day and take not of the effect. i'll probably start with Natural Light at Boiling, then rotate through each song before turning down my temperature and going through the music again.

let me know what you figure out!

[Forgotten Spector]

Great guide I didn't know music and tempter effected each other

[Novocain]

Forgotten Spector

Great guide I didn't know music and tempter effected each other

Yup, all kinds of different settings can effect one another biggrin I'm glad the guide helped you out.

[villegal]

Excellent guide!
I'll be using this often

[deaths_new_apprentice]

Avast, there be gold in this thread

[AyaKage]

Any idea how often I should feed my fishies?

[Athena1964]

Novocain

Athena1964

Novocain

Athena1964

Novocain

thanks Athena, but i have my own information xd I got called away from the computer before i could finish setting up.

Edit: if you want to keep track of how those settings effect your fishes' happiness, that might be useful later, and i'll credit you for keeping track

Lol, of course XD I decided that I would like to make my self feel special by saying I helped XD Lol, I'll keep the their happiness in check and what not. So far the Starfish went up 2 happiness points from yesterday, so he's at 20,004 now. That Cuttlefish is a stingy fish XD

thanks for the help!

my Cuttlefish is at 1012 now and my Starfish is at 20008, they both went up 4 points from yesterday. my Octopii and Arrowfish both only went up 2 though.

it looks like fish can be happy with a setting, but could be happier with another. hmmmmm.... i wish there was a way of testing that out without needing to wait a day for their scores to increase.

I could probably try that out. I have several (shocking, no?) mule accounts that could test that theory out?

that would be wicked handy! i have one mule account and can try a couple fish there. just pick some settings and keep rotating one each day and take not of the effect. i'll probably start with Natural Light at Boiling, then rotate through each song before turning down my temperature and going through the music again.

let me know what you figure out!

Will do. I'll let you know my findings after a couple days. I'll be able to let you know about the Gold, Arrow, Cuttle, and Starfish happiness points. I don't have the other guys yet =)

[Novocain]

AyaKage

Any idea how often I should feed my fishies?

You only need to feed them once a day. I've found that my fish's scores will go up for the day when i've fed them, but if i refresh the screen and try to feed them more than that their scores wont be affected one way or the other.

[5ushi]

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nice guide i'm gonna be using that for this starfish tank

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[Novocain]

5ushi

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nice guide i'm gonna be using that for this starfish tank

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eek That's a lot of Starfish! I really like how they live in a canopy of clouds.

If you happen to notice what combonations of settings increase Starfish scores by two and what ones increase it by four, let me know biggrin

[AyaKage]

Novocain

AyaKage

Any idea how often I should feed my fishies?

You only need to feed them once a day. I've found that my fish's scores will go up for the day when i've fed them, but if i refresh the screen and try to feed them more than that their scores wont be affected one way or the other.

Oh... so I've been making my fishies fat... LOL

[Novocain]

AyaKage

[quo mrgreen te="Novocain"]

AyaKage

Any idea how often I should feed my fishies?

You only need to feed them once a day. I've found that my fish's scores will go up for the day when i've fed them, but if i refresh the screen and try to feed them more than that their scores wont be affected one way or the other.

Oh... so I've been making my fishies fat... LOL

That's okay, i don't think fish mind if they're fat mrgreen