Why did nobody tell me you can breed fish in captivity.

[ratchie]

I put three death fish in a fish tank and now I have four. When I click on manage fish and run the mouse over the fish it says Bonnie bred in captivity.
I never even knew this was possible and just had to share.

Rachel

[KrispyNickyB]

Everytime I use the tank my fish always die. I guess it works better if you keep a close eye on it.

[ratchie]

It took them less then two Sim days to reproduce. My angler Sim is a little bit obsesed with them and spends hours watching them.

Does anybody know if they will breed if I put them in a pond in the garden.

Rachel

[alex51299]

I'm pretty sure they do because I remember in Pam's dynasty she had Christopher leave 10 deathfish in a pond on the home lot and that provided for them for the rest of the dynasty.

[Ricalynn]

It's not that they breed in a pond as much as once you put in 10, they're always there now. 

I think the fish tank breeding is one of the best things ever.  I used it in my Steel dynasty that failed and I've had a fish tank in a lot of homes just for that purpose.  The key is to remember to feed them.  They will breed until you have 6 or a full tank.  You can take some out and they will keep going for however you want but it's only in the big tanks naturally.

[lvrugger]

If you obsessively watch, you'll see a pixelation when they breed. Just don't mix bait fish with them or the bait will get eaten.

[samoht04]

When you stock a Pond it just adds a Spawner for that type of fish that has a constant supply and never runs out. You still need a Fisherman with a high enough level to catch them though. I'm working to get Deathfish stocked in my Pond in my Dynasty as I already have Angel Fish. Maybe I'll use this method to see if I can get the numbers up!

[Lilygirl]

I shared this picture in my Sunburst Dynasty story ages ago (Feb 2011) and I'll post it here too. Deathfish "Try for Baby" in the large fish tank. I had one more Deathfish in the tank after this; it was pretty cool.

[Leto85]

Why did nobody tell you you can breed fish?
Oh, but I tried Ratchie, I tried SO hard, buy youve never listen.

No serious, I didnt know about this, but it sure is a cool find. Now Im wondering that in thr occasions it doesnt work if that means you havent put matching genders together.

[Aredhelrim12]

How exactly can you do this? I cannot figure out how to put two fish in the same fishbowl. Or do you need a certain EP for this?

[Ricalynn]

You need to have a fish tank not a fish bowl.   Fish tanks can be bought from the store or one came from HELS.  I can't remember if I've seen any others but I know of those two for certain.

[Roxanne07]

There's one from Late Night, too.

[Ricalynn]

I thought they couldn't breed in the digital fish tank?  Has anyone actually gotten more from it?  If my game actually works tonight, I may experiment.

[Leto85]

How exactly can you do this? I cannot figure out how to put two fish in the same fishbowl. Or do you need a certain EP for this?

Well I am sorry but you can not do that in a bowl. You need a fish tank for that and those come with certain expansions and stuff pack. There are also a few in different types you can buy in the Store on thesims3.com.

[Pam]

I thought they couldn't breed in the digital fish tank?  Has anyone actually gotten more from it?  If my game actually works tonight, I may experiment.

You can't breed in a digital fish tank.  It's just the regular ones, like the one in High End Loft.  I have a few different ones in my game that came from Store sets, I believe.