I discovered Fish Tycoon yesterday and I am hooked! I downloaded my game from AOL and have been playing ever since.

I have some strategy questions. I started off with my orginial eggs and purchased another set of common fish eggs.

Let's say I stumbled upon a Topazfined Gemfish (so it's not a spoiler) and was able to successfully breed them and sell them for $60 each. Is my best strategy to sell off all other fish, breed and sell that one to buy a second tank and research the environment? Or can you flood the market and not be able to sell one type of fish for long?

When breeding fish, if the offspring die at 5 years old, is it a safe assumption that breeding those fish at your current level is not a good idea?

Will someone come do my laundry and cook our meals so I can play more?

One more question. Do customers get angry if you sell out of fish and have none to sell? I had 20 fish to sell this morning and left the store open while I fixed breakfast. Came back to lots of people and no fish to sell.

Hi Topaz!

You are definitely headed in the right direction finding a good selling fish to get money! While breeding for variety is fun ... you do need the research to make those babies live. You are on the right track with everything. And, customers don't seem to hold a grudge if your store is empty. They are quick to return when more fish are added.

My hubby had to learn how to cook and do dishes. He hasn't gotten the hang of the laundry, yet. .... Fishies are soooo much more important!

LOL! My husband cooked dinner last night, my 9 year old daughter thinks laundry is fun.

The only problem is that my husband wants to play and I won't let him. There should be a limit of one addicted person per family and I get to be it.

Yes! One per household should definitely be a rule! My grandkids love the game, and I really do like the fact that they enjoy it .. but.... I can't feed my fishies when they are playing!

And right now I'm into the breeding "billions of little fishes to get a high score" thing ... and every minute counts!

I know there was life 'Before Fish Tycoon' ... but I can't seem to remember what it was!!!!!!!!

I found when i started playing=became addicted!!! That the first thing to do was to make $$$$ by selling selling selling and then i immediately bought ALL research (fish food,fish environment, and advertising) then i was able to relax about breeding and didnt have to worry about losing babies. Then i sold high price ones to make more $$$ then i bought all plants.....sold more fishies....then i bought all accessories(aeration system,temp regulator, cleaning snail, and golden seahorse!!!) My goal by the end of first week was to find ALL magic fish and have bought ALL ornaments(shell,pagoda,diver, coral,column and ship)i bought the ornaments first then started breeding like crazy to no avail only found the first 2 magic fish on my own...then i found gramma's guides and i highly recommend them for any player....begginer or otherwise!!! But in my own personal opinion...research everything before you go nuts breeding for magics...you will lose a ton of babies in the process and probably go bankrupt!!!! Research is key to a great beginning and a wonderful addiction!!

I managed to stumble upon a second magic fish, it barely lived long enough to count before it died. I was in the process of researching level 3 and now that I've got that, I'm going to try again to get a new one. I still have both parents and they are pregnant now. Hopefully with the level 3 environment, and the level 2 food (research level 3), and all the plants, they will be healthier.

they most definitely will survive if you have completed all water research...now the fun begins!!! it is very exciting to discover new species,and makes lots of money!!

I don't know what im going to do when I start the hard nursing classes! I guess im going to have to put my fishies on pause for a while

UGGGGG!

my mom is an nurse...i remember when she went to school. we would be in serious trouble if we disturbed her studying.

GOOD LUCK!!

p.s. i will babysit your fish if needed