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MJSimKat_14's avatar
MJSimKat_14
8 years ago

Aquarium Museum - is it possible?

Hello, it's been forever since I posted anything here. I just have one little issue. I wanted to create my own aquarium museum (this particular one I downloaded from Sims 4 Gallery) by filling it up with fish my sim caught.

However I have all the tanks but I couldn't add any fish I caught into any of the tanks. It only gave me an option of purchasing fish (I don't want to do this) and to open the tank - but it wouldn't let me drag any fish from my Sim's inventory into the tank.

The Type Lot is indeed a "Museum" -

Is this not allowed or what?

Any assistance is appreciated!
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10 Replies

  • paradiseplanet27's avatar
    paradiseplanet27
    Seasoned Ace
    8 years ago
    I think you can only add fish to an aquarium tank if you own the lot, and since a Museum is a public lot, you can't add fish to their aquarium tanks.
  • MJSimKat_14's avatar
    MJSimKat_14
    8 years ago
    "paradiseplanet;c-16348163" wrote:
    I think you can only add fish to an aquarium tank if you own the lot, and since a Museum is a public lot, you can't add fish to their aquarium tanks.


    Well that's a bummer lol. Thanks so much
  • Samsonguy9000's avatar
    Samsonguy9000
    8 years ago
    "paradiseplanet;c-16348163" wrote:
    I think you can only add fish to an aquarium tank if you own the lot, and since a Museum is a public lot, you can't add fish to their aquarium tanks.


    Your sim can add fish to a public aquarium, just at the sim's expense.
  • MJSimKat_14's avatar
    MJSimKat_14
    8 years ago
    "kalaksed;c-16348436" wrote:
    you can work around this a little bit by making the lot residential (or a shop), having the household buy it, put the fish in, then evict them (residential) or sell it (shop). bit expensive, but that's all we've got so far. and yes, it's irksome

    i'm doing something like that for one of my museums (same idea as yours, really). and even making an actual 'aquarium' lot with various swimming pools that i'm going to (sadly) use a mod to fill with animated fish. there's a mod out there that makes an invisible item that you can use to play specific animations from the game. so, using lots of those for each individual fish type i'm putting into pools made to look like their natural habitats. ...lets just say it's a lot of work for something that only i will ever see...


    I might just have to do it that way then :-/ buy, move in, add the fish, evict. Bummer!! But it seems logical - I haven't thought about turning into a shop - will try that too. It would be nice to have some place to look at all the aquatic creatures caught by my own Sims. Thanks for the tips!
  • catitude5's avatar
    catitude5
    8 years ago
    I was able to do this in a nightclub, made a fishtank wall. https://i.imgur.com/X6Jffva.png
  • PninaSimmer's avatar
    PninaSimmer
    8 years ago
    "Samsonguy9000;c-16348782" wrote:
    "paradiseplanet;c-16348163" wrote:
    I think you can only add fish to an aquarium tank if you own the lot, and since a Museum is a public lot, you can't add fish to their aquarium tanks.


    Your sim can add fish to a public aquarium, just at the sim's expense.


    Just track how much your sim spent and then cheat the money back.
  • MJSimKat_14's avatar
    MJSimKat_14
    8 years ago
    "PninaSimmer;c-16349710" wrote:
    "Samsonguy9000;c-16348782" wrote:
    "paradiseplanet;c-16348163" wrote:
    I think you can only add fish to an aquarium tank if you own the lot, and since a Museum is a public lot, you can't add fish to their aquarium tanks.


    Your sim can add fish to a public aquarium, just at the sim's expense.


    Just track how much your sim spent and then cheat the money back.


    There are only a limited amount of fish you can purchase (gold fish, guppy etc..). I wanted to include the full collection of fish in multiple tanks ;-) but I understand what you mean
  • MJSimKat_14's avatar
    MJSimKat_14
    8 years ago
    "catitude5;c-16349573" wrote:
    I was able to do this in a nightclub, made a fishtank wall. https://i.imgur.com/X6Jffva.png


    So you were able to add your own fish (that your sim caught) into the tank? I should be able to add lobsters and other rare fish? :smile: I need to try this...
  • catitude5's avatar
    catitude5
    8 years ago
    "jegoode;c-16349745" wrote:
    "catitude5;c-16349573" wrote:
    I was able to do this in a nightclub, made a fishtank wall. https://i.imgur.com/X6Jffva.png


    So you were able to add your own fish (that your sim caught) into the tank? I should be able to add lobsters and other rare fish? :smile: I need to try this...


    I was able to do "stock with fish." I had no problem.

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