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Fish are the main component of Insaniquarium with the plot of the game being to keep them safe from aliens and well-fed. There are several types of fish with different rewards and dietary needs. Some fish even share symbiotic or predatory relationships with other fish.
Behaviors[]
Fish follow similar behaviors, no matter what type they are or what they consume, with some exceptions:
- Wander aimlessly around the tank if full
- Release money periodically or when punched by Walter
- Actively follow food if they are hungry
- Turn green for guppies, starcatchers and breeders, yellow for carnivores, guppycrunchers and beetlemunchers or brown for ultravores, and move slightly faster if not fed
- Die if they starve, hit by a projectile, shocked by Amp (for guppies), and are eaten.
- When died through starvation, shock by Amp (for guppies) and hit by a projectile, dead fish will turn gray, turn upside-down (for guppies, carnivores, beetlemunchers, breeders, and ultravores), in a bowing position (for starcatchers) and horizontal position (for guppycrunchers), and slowly float to the bottom of the tank, where they will subsequently disappear.
- Fish that are eaten (such as by aliens that eat fish like Sylvester, Balrog, Gus, Psychosquid and Bilaterus, Gash, or predators), however, will not leave a corpse but instead disappear immediately thus they cannot be revived by Angie.
- Red chomp particles appear if a fish is eaten by fish-eating aliens and predators, chomping sound will play, and the dying sound of respective fish will not be heard if the fish is eaten. If a guppy is eaten by Gash, however, red chomp particles will not appear but instead only hear a chomping sound and the guppy will disappear.
- Jump upwards when frightened by Rhubarb (except for bottom dwelling creatures)
Guppies also have behaviors exclusive to them:
- Release 3 of their respective money drops when cheered up by Meryl
- Follow Gumbo's light when an alien is in the tank (as well as Breeders)
- Are inhaled for safekeeping by Wadsworth when an alien is in the tank (baby and medium guppies only)
- Eat snot, turning into Nostradamus outside of Virtual Tank and dying otherwise
Other exceptions of note are:
- Starcatchers release a diamond when fed
- Guppycrunchers jump up to eat baby guppies when hungry
Common Fish[]
This is a list of fish found in the Adventure, Time Trial, and Challenge modes of the game. With the exception of the Star Guppy, all of these fish also appear in the Virtual Tank Mode.
Guppy[]
Guppies are the most basic fish and are encountered in every tank. If fed enough, they will grow to a medium size and drop silver coins worth $15 followed by a large size that drops gold coins worth $35. A large guppy can be fed a star potion to become a star guppy and will drop stars, worth $40, instead of coins that can be used to feed starcatchers. If maintained for 10 minutes and given several feedings, a guppy may turn into a king guppy that produces diamonds. Guppies in the Virtual Tank may come in brightly colored varieties.
Found in tanks 1, 2, and 3.
Can be spawned by Breeders or Prego in tank 4.
Carnivore[]
A black and red piranha-like fish that eats baby guppies and drops diamonds worth $200. They are only available in tanks 1 and 4 and are used as food for Ultravores in the later tank, otherwise they can benefit by being fed by Prego and breeders. Carnivores in the Virtual Tank may also come in brightly colored varieties.
Found in tanks 2 and 4
Starcatcher[]
Periwinkle bottom-dwellers that appear to be based on some type of crustacean as hinted by its appearance in the trial game. They have subjectively "cute" faces and a feeding orifice on top for catching stars dropped by Star Guppies and Brinkley. Well-fed starcatchers will throw diamonds toward to top of the tank, allowing the time to retrieve them when they begin falling down.
Found in tank 2
Guppycruncher[]
A crab-like crustacean with pincers that roams around the bottom of the tank. Like the carnivores, they feed on baby guppies, but release beetles, worth $150, that can be used to feed Beetlemunchers. Because they are limited to the bottom of the tank, guppycrunchers usually need a hand when eating by coaxing small fish to the bottom with food when they're hungry.
Found in tank 3
Beetlemuncher[]
A green fish resembling a semi-developed tadpole, it feeds on the beetles released by the Guppycrunchers and drop pearls worth $500. Because of the difficulty in feeding guppycrunchers, beetlemunchers may prove slightly difficult to keep well-fed, especially in larger quantities.
Found in tank 3
Breeder[]
A pregnant-looking guppy that has three sizes of growth, similarly to the regular guppy. Breeders are the only fish that do not produce money but instead periodically give birth to baby guppies during their medium and large growth stages in a similar fashion to Prego.
Found in tank 4
Ultravore[]
A large silver fish resembling a prehistoric fish. It feeds on carnivores and drops the highest value of money at $2000, Treasure Chests. If kept alive, Ultravores will quickly pay for themselves but can be difficult to maintain because of their large size and inability to be protected by pets making them susceptible to aliens.
Found in tank 4
Virtual Tank[]
There are also a handful of fish that are exclusive to the Virtual Tank Mode.
Ball Fish[]
Ball fish are unique fish that resemble sports balls. They are particularly rare and have three stages of growth: wiffle ball, soccer ball, and beach ball. They have exotic diets consisting of ice cream, chicken, and pizza.
Minisylvester[]
Minisylvesters are fish based on the small aliens produced by Cyrax. They eat carnivores and drop spiral shells. Eventually, they will mature into a regular Sylvester that eats ultravores and drops Bags O' Shells.
Bilaterus Head[]
Both the pointed and rounded varieties of Bilaterus' head can be purchased for the Virtual Tank and drop gold shells. They eat small guppies and do not have any extra stages of growth.
Trivia[]
- It is unknown how the fish produce money.
- The guppy, along with the breeder, are the only two fish you can buy in Adventure Mode that have different stages of growth.
- Guppies, breeders, and starcatchers are the only fish whose facial expressions change when hungry.
- Starcatchers, breeders, carnivores, and guppycrunchers make similar sounds when they die.
- Carnivores and guppycrunchers produce the lowest-pitched death sounds.
- Starcatchers and breeders, however, produce the highest-pitched death sounds.
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