The Ultimate Gaia Online Aquarium Guide!

All Your Gaia Aquarium Questions, Answered!

It's here, and it's the latest, greatest way to play on Gaia!

Feed your fish, decorate your tank, and if you do it all right, you get awesome items from the Aquarium Overseer! Sometimes they're new fish, othertimes they're cool clothes... there's even an Evolving Item in there somewhere!

Go ahead and try it! What have you got to lose?! If you want to do more than just the basics, though... we've got the details!

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Some of the Overseer's Items!

Just some of the items you can win...

You probably know the Aquarium Overseer is like the daily chance, but for your aquarium... but the better you take care of your tank, the better items you get! It's like karma!

Check out what the Overseer's giving you now!

Definitely one for the angelic side, Leviathan's Grace offers three great items -- anklets, mantle, and gauntlets -- that look great apart or together!

For the more malicious, there's Lidless Demon Armor in four parts -- helmet, chestplate, leggings, and boots!

And for the RPG fan in all of us, there's the Regalia of Ancient Fire, perfect for that spellcaster's wardrobe! Take note, the vest on these outfits looks different on men and women!

Should All the Aquarium Items be Cash Only?

Please -- give a reason when you sound off! Full sentences are even better!

Okay, so we know you can get some of the cheaper items and fish through the daily chance... but seriously, three bucks for an octopus?!

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Of course! It's an investment into a premium feature!

NICOLE says:

YES THATS AN AWSOME DEAL

Posted November 01, 2009

Kali says:

Hey, there's nothing /making/ you do it. They don't /expect/ you to. If you want the feature, you can pay or go to the marketplace. They're offering the site for free, and it's a forum. A forum, right? So don't get so caught up in a minigame. Just take a deep breath and enjoy the site. If you can't afford it, don't get it. And this is coming from someone who never ordered a single collectible, paid for anything, etc. etc. Not someone who can pay and is just being arrogant.

Posted July 26, 2009

xxRxxOxxLxxLxxLxxExxRxx says:

No, When People Can't Even Buy Gaia Cash Because of The Ecomcy Crisis

Posted July 14, 2009

curtis says:

thats ok

Posted July 01, 2009

Kokujo Tengen Myo-Oh says:

The marketplace makes it possible to get it for free so i say yes, its fine to be cash.

Posted May 29, 2009

The daily chance is not enough! I want to play for free!

Erika says:

I don't agree with that. It's like a game, and the games should be made free. Things like new clothes and such, should be able to cost cash. Promotional items, should cost cash. Games that you play everyday, should just be made for gold. I, for one can't afford to buy gaia cash every time I want a new fishie, so my tank ends up being bare.

Posted November 23, 2009

Anonymous says:

No, Its No Fair Cause Then You Have To By Cash There Just Trying To Make Money :@

Posted November 15, 2009

Linn says:

I can't even buy cash. :L
I think some Aquarium items should not always be cash....?

Posted November 14, 2009

Anonymous says:

Heck no! I'm not going out and wasting my money on gaia cash, I'm okay with having the gaia cash shop items, but if you are going to give everyone an aquarium, make sure everyone can use it. You can buy stuff in the marketplace, but most everything is maybe 8,000 to 24,000 some gold. =[

Posted November 07, 2009

Lianne says:

Just what Rachelle says, Gaia's Fish should be like any other item. People all over the world wants to buy them (via Phing Phang) but they don't have what the store needs. There are fish sold over at the Marketplace, but it's just too expensive for the people who only has a budget of 10k-50k.

Gaia Cash Cards should spread all over the world. Not only in America, (or any other countries that sell Gaia Cash Cards) but also in countries that aren't much given attention. Let's say the Philippines. Many Gaians are from the Philippines.

We need cash cards!!

Posted November 02, 2009

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Buy Gaia Cash Through Amazon!

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A big problem for people who complain about cash-only Aquarium items is that these people have no way to buy Gaia Cash!

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You'll not only receive 2500 Gaia Cash, you'll get a bonus item too!

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5 Tips for Making a Cheap Aquarium

You don't need much money at all for these ideas!

Play the Daily Chance! Sure, the odds suck, but I've recieved all three types of Daily Chance Fish (Goldfish, Arrowfish, and Cuttlefish), as well as backgrounds from the Daily Chance, and you can too!
Scour the Marketplace! There's plenty of cheap backgrounds and items for the Aquarium in the Marketplace as people try to sell off their items, and lots of them are even under about 1,000 gold or so!
Use (and abuse) the Overseer! The Overseer gives you items, and even if they're not worth much to you, they'll still fetch an extra 2-300 gold at minimum that you didn't have before!
Play Daily! Lots of the aquarium's freebies are only once per day, which means you NEED to check back at least daily in order to improve your odds!
RELAX! So you don't have the biggest and best aquarium. Who cares? It's a secondary function of Gaia Online, and you still have a good chance of getting great items anyway! Just take it easy and make sure you keep your fish happy with what you've got!

There's an Evolving Item in Aquariums?!

Yes! Finally, you can get an evolving item absolutely free!

Titan's Legacy is available only through the overseer. Be careful, though... once you equip it, you can't sell it!

What Will Titan's Legacy Turn Into?!

Just Imagine what it might become!

My prediction:

JigsawForte, at 12pm on October 4, 2008 predicts:

Whatever it is, I predict some some awesome new mer-bottoms!

Reader predictions:

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SqUid PoD, at 9pm on December 4, 2009 predicts:

hahahahahahah losers

jack, at 6pm on September 26, 2009 predicts:

It sucks. Well, we couldn't have expected it to be good, if it was free on Gaia.... >_

gaia, at 8pm on September 19, 2009 predicts:

How can I play the booty grabber game or whatever

fickle, at 11pm on July 14, 2009 predicts:

Haha it's already evolved and it's ugly.

Mar, at 7pm on May 27, 2009 predicts:

morons, there's this little thing called time. It means that the writer of this blog published this BEFORE titan's legacy evolved. Wow, some people are just... wow.

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Titan's Legacy: The Cheapest Evolution Item Ever

Within Gaia Aquariums (On Gaia Online of course) you can receive a wonderful thing from the Aquarium Overseer... Titan's Legacy! The first generation-less Evolution Item, Titan's Legacy is available for free from the overseer (or damned cheap from t...

Did Your Fish Just Die?

Oh noes! The pets you've sunk money into are now starting to die off!

Well, there is an upside... go to the "Special" tab of your inventory (where old donation letter envelopes and such go), and you'll find wonderful "Fish Drops" to open that will give you nifty items that you can use elsewhere on Gaia Online!

A lot of folks are reporting getting many gold items (like the Gold Tiara and Gold Wristwatch) from their dead goldfish... Imagine what your fish might leave you!

Do you feel better paying for fish because of Fish Drops?

Well, when your fish die, you can get cool items now...

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Sure! I'd rather keep the fish, but this helps!

Eleanora says:

yes, but having them die is heartbreaking. maybe i'm just partial because i'm vegan, but it still hurts to know you killed them. :(

Posted August 27, 2009

Steihlia says:

I love fish drops! Don't buy them from the marketplace because it makes the item worth less. I bought 20 drops and they all stunk.

Posted July 23, 2009

7hearts-haylee says:

well..
i only get fish from daily chances..
and peoples fish tank!!
xppp
i know im cheep..

Posted June 30, 2009

shanice says:

yes

Posted May 30, 2009

Kokujo Tengen Myo-Oh says:

Yes

Posted May 29, 2009

No... Fish dying is still stupid!

jack says:

Not if I always get the same useless items...and I can't sell them, because I feel bad. My fish left me that...it's all I have left of Spanky and Scaley-Bums....

Posted September 26, 2009