Money in late game

[EveGwynedd]

I love this game. I start out with a huge plan of how I'm going to build etc and off I go. As I level up staff and the aquarium gets bigger, things slow down because of the money I'm paying staff until eventually I make no money and I sort of plateau. I tried not leveling staff up too much once. Any other tips to keep the money coming in later on? Does anyone else have this issue?

[BlueFire]

Are you selling merchandising? I put several of those in the entrance or central part of the aquarium and I make a LOT of money with that.

[EveGwynedd]

Yeah but I'll try with more thanks

[Teo]

You can also search for fish that breed. Selling the eggs or the adult (depending on prices of each, and if you want the extra prestige from having eggs displayed) can give quite a bit each time. Only level your staff if you notice them falling behind in tasks. Having your gift shop made in such a way that it is trapping your gift shop staff and supply is a good idea: less travel = more stock uptime.

[arrogantandaflame]

Originally posted by Teo Tachikake:

Having your gift shop made in such a way that it is trapping your gift shop staff and supply is a good idea: less travel = more stock uptime.

ooh yeah all the other stuff is good advice, but especially making a dedicated gift shop. though maybe I'm squeezing everything into too little of space.

[Duke Cannoli]

Gifts shop items do make a big difference, especially on harder difficulties. As does selling eggs, fry, and adults from breeding. Don't sell blindly though as some species will net the most money at the egg stage, some at the fry stage, and some as adults.

Also consider maximizing staff efficiency. Look over your layouts and zoning. Keep low skilled employees from doing the skilled tasks and skilled employees from doing low skilled tasks. They will do their tasks faster that way, and therefore be available to do more work. Also use the staff accessories to make your employees work faster. Minimize travel time by inventory storage (such as food bins and gift shop crates) near their stocking points (tanks and shelves). If you try to maximize efficiency you may need less staff overall, and will be spending less money.

Another big money sink is food. Pay attention to what your feeding, and how much you're feeding them. You may not need as many of a certain species as you think. The bigger an animal is, the better chance it has to generate prestige. At a certain point the chance for an to generate prestige is capped, so there's not point in adding more. (You can see this number by clicking on an animal and hovering over the prestige icon.) It might be fun to build a tank with 20 green turtles, but that is a lot of expensive food for no additional gain to your bottom line. Those 20 green turtles will also increase the number of water quality machines you need for that tank, which increases the workload of your mechanics, which increases the number and level of your staff, which drives up your daily expenses. So pay attention to a specie's prestige chance, and consider the trade off between increasing it with more of that species and paying for the food and the employees who will be doing the feeding.

If you're not aware, you can connect multiple tanks by pumps, meaning they will share any filter/heating/cooling capacity. This is a good way to help cut down on the number of machines which require maintenance, reducing employee workload, reducing the number of employees again.

[krishnath.dragon]

Guppies and other easy breeders (like the convict) are insane moneymakers.

Basically, if it can breed without to much trouble, set up a breeding section ASAP and churn out those extra fish for cash.

[EveGwynedd]

Thanks for the tips guys. I think I don't have enough gift shops. I'm doing most of the other stuff. And guppies. Yeah. I got fed up of the emails so I ditched them but they are good money makers.

[Alejandro Monteagudo]

I just play on Easy for all the money XD

Quick tip though, If you are after a bigh injection of money, don´t set up a gift shop with refills, just put a bunch of like balloon racks, then sell them when they are empty, rinse and repeat.

You have to keep an eye on it, but it uses 0 employees and you make more money as you don´t have to pay for the box, the reffills, and you get money back when you sell the rack.

[EveGwynedd]

Thanks Alejandro good tip!

[chrindael]

The tip doesn't work anymore, as gift shops arrive empty when placed since a recent balance update.

[DesertRose]

Originally posted by Duke Cannoli:

Gifts shop items do make a big difference, especially on harder difficulties. As does selling eggs, fry, and adults from breeding. Don't sell blindly though as some species will net the most money at the egg stage, some at the fry stage, and some as adults.

Also consider maximizing staff efficiency. Look over your layouts and zoning. Keep low skilled employees from doing the skilled tasks and skilled employees from doing low skilled tasks. They will do their tasks faster that way, and therefore be available to do more work. Also use the staff accessories to make your employees work faster. Minimize travel time by inventory storage (such as food bins and gift shop crates) near their stocking points (tanks and shelves). If you try to maximize efficiency you may need less staff overall, and will be spending less money.

Another big money sink is food. Pay attention to what your feeding, and how much you're feeding them. You may not need as many of a certain species as you think. The bigger an animal is, the better chance it has to generate prestige. At a certain point the chance for an to generate prestige is capped, so there's not point in adding more. (You can see this number by clicking on an animal and hovering over the prestige icon.) It might be fun to build a tank with 20 green turtles, but that is a lot of expensive food for no additional gain to your bottom line. Those 20 green turtles will also increase the number of water quality machines you need for that tank, which increases the workload of your mechanics, which increases the number and level of your staff, which drives up your daily expenses. So pay attention to a specie's prestige chance, and consider the trade off between increasing it with more of that species and paying for the food and the employees who will be doing the feeding.

If you're not aware, you can connect multiple tanks by pumps, meaning they will share any filter/heating/cooling capacity. This is a good way to help cut down on the number of machines which require maintenance, reducing employee workload, reducing the number of employees again.

Awesome advice, thanks for the detail! How do you attach the pumps to multiple tanks?

[cheetome]

click on the pump then click the add tank box