# Sharing your aquarium

_The link, the snapshot, the preview picture, the embed, the README card and the stream overlay._

## The link

Use Copy aquarium link (C by default) to copy your aquarium’s address. What visitors find there is in [Visiting aquariums](https://fishies.lol/wiki/mechanics/visiting).

## A snapshot

Use Take snapshot (P by default) to download a picture of your aquarium as it is right now.

## The preview picture

Paste your address into a chat or a post and it unfolds into a preview card of your aquarium, in a wide and a square shape.

## Embedding it

Any web page can show your aquarium as living scenery at fishies.lol/embed/yourname. It is read-only, with no HUD and nothing to click.

Add ?wallpaper=1 to use it as a wallpaper: the sound goes off and the frame rate is capped at 30 a second, or any number from 10 to 60 with &fps=.

## Embed & cards

Open My aquarium and press Embed & cards. It gathers everything on this page in one place, with your handle already filled in: copy a link, a snippet or a line of Markdown and paste it where you want your aquarium to show.

## A picture for your README

fishies.lol/card/yourname.png is a picture of your aquarium that stays current: its name, your level, how many fish are grown and your best fish. It redraws itself within a few minutes of a change, so it suits a GitHub, Forgejo or Notion page.

Choose a light or a dark rim and a small, medium or large size: add ?theme=light for light pages, and ?size=s or ?size=l for a smaller or larger picture. A private or missing aquarium shows a still that says so, so your page never breaks.

## A stream overlay

fishies.lol/overlay/yourname shows your aquarium as a browser source for OBS Studio, Streamlabs and other streaming tools: no menus, no sound and no loading screen over your scene, at a light frame rate beside your encoder. Add ?bg=transparent and only the fish and decorations are drawn, swimming over your own scene.

- In OBS or Streamlabs, add a Browser source, paste your overlay address into URL and set Width and Height to the size you want it to cover, for example 1920 and 1080.
- Leave Custom CSS as it is: the page already has a transparent background.
- If it ever stops, right-click the source and choose Refresh. It also reconnects by itself when your network drops.
- Options go in the address: fps= (10 to 60), fish= (draw at most this many fish), size= (25 to 200 percent), plate=1 (a small plate with the aquarium's name and your level) and aquarium= (your second or third aquarium).
- The overlay shows public aquariums only and cannot change anything.

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In the game: https://fishies.lol/wiki/mechanics/sharing · Fishies 0.8.14

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