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Time & being away
Your aquarium keeps living while you're gone.
The server's clock
Every aquarium runs on the server's time, not on an open browser tab. Eggs hatch, fish grow and the glass clouds over whether you're watching or not, and every device you sign in on sees the same moment.
Day and night
Every aquarium keeps its keeper’s local time, shown first on the readout beside the water. At night, from 00:00 to 08:00, the light dims to moonlight and the fish fall asleep one by one: they drift slowly, low in the water, fins folded in. Sleep never changes hunger, growth, health or what a fish is worth.
Food wakes a hungry fish, and a fish that is not hungry sleeps on and leaves it. Click a fish with the middle mouse button, or open its card, to wake it; it settles back to sleep within 15 to 30 seconds. Your time zone is taken from where you first played and can be changed in Settings, under Game. Visiting another keeper, you see their aquarium’s own time.
Coming back
When you return after a while, a While you were away summary tells you what happened: eggs that hatched, fish that grew up, fish waiting for food, fish that fell ill, fish that were lost, whether the glass needs a clean, and anyone who visited or followed you. It also tells you when your fish laid eggs, when a fish finished the Conditioning Box, when gifts are waiting to be opened, and when the auto-feeder ran low or empty, the filter needs a service or the water left a fish's comfortable temperature.
Before a long break
Fish still need food while you're away. A fish is lost if it goes unfed for 1 day or twice its growth time, whichever is longer. Feed everyone before you go, and turn on reminders if you'd like a nudge.
The shield beside the water and temperature readouts says how long every fish stays well with nobody home, counting what the auto-feeder will still serve. A fish's own time is on its card, under Food.
In the game: https://fishies.lol/wiki/mechanics/time · Fishies 0.8.10
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