Money is the main object of collection in Insaniquarium and is counted in the form of dollars. Money is used to purchase upgrades for food and lasers, fish such as guppies and carnivores, and egg pieces to purchase pets. Almost every fish drops money and some pets do as well. Shells, a currency in Virtual Tank Mode, allow the player to purchase permanent fish to care for over a long period of time and upgrades for their tank.
Values[]
These forms of money are used in Adventure, Time Trial, and Challenge modes of the game and are represented in dollars.
Money | Value | Dropped By | |
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Snot | $1 | Nostradamus | |
Silver Coin | $15 | Guppy (Medium) | |
Gold Coin | $35 | Guppy (Large) | |
Star | $40 | Guppy (Star) | |
Beetle | $150 | Guppycruncher | |
Bomb | $150 | Shrapnel | |
Diamond | $200 | Carnivore Guppy (King) | |
Niko's Pearl | $250 | Niko | |
Pearl | $500 | Beetlemuncher | |
Treasure Chest | $2000 | Ultravore |
Diamonds: The Diamond is worth $200. King Guppies and Carnivores drop diamonds and Starcatchers give diamonds in exchange for a Star. Amp also gives you diamonds by electrocuting all of your Guppies and Brinkley gives you diamonds if fed for a particular number of times. When you destroy an Alien (excluding Cyrax), you will also receive a Diamond.
The Diamond has a resemblance to the Gems from Bejeweled.
The sound of collecting a diamond is also used in Plants vs Zombies.
Shells[]
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In Virtual Tank Mode and the bonus levels in Adventure Mode, shells are a different form of currency used for buying fish, upgrades, and backdrops for the Virtual Tank. Their currency symbol is represented by yellow scallop () and each shell is the equivalent of a dollar currency item.
Shell Type | Value | Equivalent | Dropped By | |
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Silver Shell | 1 | Silver coin | Guppy (Medium) Ball Fish (Small) | |
Gold Shell | 2 | Gold coin | Guppy (Large) Jr. Guppy (Small) | |
Blue Conch Shell | 5 | Diamond | Guppy (King) Jr. Guppy (Medium) | |
Bomb (Virtual Tank) | 5 | Bomb | Shrapnel | |
Beetle (Virtual Tank) | 7 | Beetle | Guppycruncher | |
Silver Spiral Shell | 10 | Pearl | Beetlemuncher Jr. Guppy (Large) | |
Pearl (Virtual Tank) | 10 | Pearl | Niko | |
Bag O' Shells | 20 | Treasure Chest | Ultravore |
Santa: Buy a guppy from the virtual store and name it SANTA. The guppy will turn red and white and sing Christmas songs. It will also drop bags worth 20 shells. Note: This can only be done once.
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Trivia[]
- The money can max out up to $9999999. This can be easily achieved on Sandbox Mode if you have many fishes in the tank and also spawning an ultravore which gives you a lot of treasure chests. This is the same case as shells on Virtual Tank Mode.
- While on the purchase options, the price can only have a maximum of $99999, as shown on Tank 4-5 as the price of an egg piece.