Aquarium

Game The Sims, The Sims 2, The Sims 3 Buyable Buy mode Price Varies Type Fun Size 1x1 floor; 1x2 floor, 1x3 floor

An aquarium as found in High-End Loft Stuff

Aquariums can be bought in buy mode, and have been available throughout The Sims series. In the original release of The Sims, the only way Sims could have any sort of pet was to have the Poseidon's Adventure Aquarium. As long as the fish were fed daily, and the tank was kept clean, the fish would live indefinitely. The Hot Date and Superstar expansions added large 1x2 aquariums, but these were purely decorative and did not require maintenance.

In The Sims 2 base game, the only way Sims could have any sort of pet was to have the Aquabox Five-Gallon Aquarium. The Pets expansion pack added a 1x3 saltwater aquarium, and changed aquariums so that cats could watch them.

In The Sims and The Sims 2, aquarium fish are not separate objects. In The Sims 3 fish can be caught by fishing in ponds, rivers, lakes or oceans and placed in bowls or tanks. A bowl holds one fish; an aquarium holds six, which allows fish to reproduce.

If fish aren't fed daily, death music will play and the fish will die of starvation (although the Grim Reaper doesn't come). In some games, the fish tank can also turn green to warn the player that the fish need feeding.

Did you know?

That three of the fish in Sims 2 are neon tetras?