Going on 30 games now, I have NEVER had trouble keeping the Crimson Comet or Oriental Bulb alive on level 2 (closer to 3)!! It didnt matter if I bred from original parents or the healthiest available purebreds. NO dead fish, the anti-disease plant, a seahorse and enough vitamins to sink a battleship!!! So much for the CC being a magical fish of curing - "Physician heal thyself"! I had accumulated a pretty good profit (enough to easily buy a seahorse on level 2?) and it went byebye just trying to keep them alive while the green bar sllllowwwwwly crept up. Even when it reached level 3, a few never did recover fully. A few strange anomolies as well; A few PROVEN combos gave different results (destroying my faith in my database), and the fishstore peeps were still being coy at level 3. Anyone ever had any things like this happen? I downloaded the game eons ago but didnt request a copy on disk. Probably should have but cant find the email that gave the link to do so.

Wow!! the program made it up to me! Started a new game, bought 2 batches of eggs and got 2 grfin spots right off the get-go Whoooppeeeeeee!

Personally, I always wait to buy anything until all 3 envi are researched.

That is the safest bet but I get in a hurry to get my oriental bulbs into action and I never had any problem with them on Level 2 before.

i think i made mine on lvl 1 but they were declining health so i had to sell those fragile hybrids