Why won't my fish breed?

[bulldog0890]

Do fish need to be alone in the tanks with their own species to breed? i have multiple in one large containment unit, and two of each kind, but they never breed

[Seal]

Ensure you have at least two of the same species in the Alien Containment and that there is plenty of available space. You may also have to add some flora and ensure that your base doesn't have any power or water leakages. Keep in mind that most species take around an in-game day to breed.

[Suzaku]

I'd assume it's a space issue. I believe it's 10 fish per containment unit. You can stack multiple units on top of each other to create a larger tank for your fish to breed in.

[Coops]

Suzaku has it right.
Either add a containment unit on top of the existing one or take some fish out. The max is ten. As long as there is a pair of one species and less than 10 total fish they will reproduce.

[Seal]

Originally posted by Coops:

Suzaku has it right.
Either add a containment unit on top of the existing one or take some fish out. The max is ten. As long as there is a pair of one species and less than 10 total fish they will reproduce.

Some species, such as the Crabsquid, take up more space than others, thus counting as more than one.

[bulldog0890]

Originally posted by rawr:

Originally posted by Coops:

Suzaku has it right.
Either add a containment unit on top of the existing one or take some fish out. The max is ten. As long as there is a pair of one species and less than 10 total fish they will reproduce.

Some species, such as the Crabsquid, take up more space than others, thus counting as more than one.

oooh, ok. i have a crabsquid in my tank

[piddlefoot]

I have a tank on the cyclops so I can bring stuff back from the super deep !
One of the small tank types.

The coding in this game rocks, fish in tanks, screenshots in frames, on a moving sub, damned clever coding.

[Stelar Seven]

Small tanks don't breed. Well you can breed the carrar but not fish.