Wanting to make an aquarium wing in a museum I built

"kalaksed;c-17474531" wrote:
yeah, this is a frustrating thing about fish on community lots... i had a similar museum that displayed everything but couldn't figure out how to display live fish instead of just mounted versions for the life of me... that was a few years ago and the lot has since been replaced, with all the displays now being divided among multiple museums and art galleries around my world

i did recently build a 'marine biology lab' in sulani, have it set up as a museum and have various fish in aquariums there, both the ones that came with packs (spa day and dine out both used in it) but also some larger tanks i made out of swimming pools... with some tricks of various sorts for those larger ones if you'd like to try...

first off, as mentioned the lot is set as a museum, as seen here:
https://i.gyazo.com/3ca3a28887cc4338cc9c122ed2e7c5a4.png

but to get the fish into the aquariums i had to have it as a residence, with a sim living in it (i used this sim to fish up all the fish in it, as well, placing them in the aquariums as they were caught) and once had all the fish i wanted, i then evicted the sim and then turned the lot into the museum i wanted (evicting a sim ensures all the stuff on the lot stays on the lot instead of moving to their inventory/household inventory). it's frustrating and can take a while unless you use gallery upload collection rooms with all the fish or seashells you want to use

here are three side by side aquariums (part of a row of five) with some of the local fish in them (note, none of these fish on display here can be purchased from any aquarium)
https://i.gyazo.com/ef3a3aced4b7ebd64077329666a3f1c8.jpg


gonna put the next bit in spoilers, since it's build/decor focused for the large tanks

Spoiler

basically, both tanks are just swimming pools on the second floor with windows placed so you can see inside, then decorated, primarily with showliveedit objects from island living. the first shot isn't the easiest to see the fish in, since it's darkened by being shot through a window

https://i.gyazo.com/7bb61fa3bac1f95d8250d14c380572a1.png
you can sort of see a few fish swimming around in here, easier to see the ones in front of the window in the back

scrolling the camera through that first window shows how i was able to have these fish swimming 'freely' in the tank
https://i.gyazo.com/e37c9e0ae1568d131f201e7ce855defd.jpg
i took a few more of the dine out aquariums and shrunk them down, hiding them within the coral and rocks on the aquarium floor. the fish stored inside them don't shrink in size, so swim around like they're in more open water

you can also do similar with the one coffee table from my first pet stuff if you have that, since the fish and plants inside it don't shrink down when it is
i had a few more tricks in my setup (like using shrunken fishing signs at or near the surface of the pools) but don't think that'll really suit your setup here