Pearls and decorations: how the aquarium grows

How to earn pearls

• A new aquarium starts with 10 pearls, enough for the first purchase.
• Caring for a fish (feeding, petting) pays 1 pearl.
• Finishing all three adventures of the day pays 5 pearls.
• Shells found while playing as a fish pay up to 12 pearls a day.
• Each expedition pays 6 to 14 pearls the first time it is finished.

The daily limits are deliberate: the game gently ends on its own instead of asking for one more round.

35 decorations

Nine decorations are open from the start, including the Reef Castle, a treasure chest, a coral garden, a stone arch and a submarine. The other 26 are opened with pearls, from 3 to 15 each. Two sets, Sweets and Space, also need Live Aquarium Plus:

• Pirate set: anchor, barrel, cannon, ship's wheel, pirate flag.
• Castle set: tower, bridge, column.
• Reef plants: anemone, tall seaweed, round coral, tube coral, glowing mushrooms.
• Sweets (with Plus): lollipop, cupcake, donut, ice cream.
• Space (with Plus): rocket, planet, flying saucer.
• Toys: beach ball, rubber duck, building blocks.
• Sea finds: lighthouse, diver's helmet, shell house.

A child places a decoration with a tap or drags it into the water, and can move it later.

A reef that grows with the child

A brand new aquarium starts small: a ship, a castle and a chest. Six simple tasks, such as drawing the first fish, feeding it and placing a coral, bring back parts of the reef one by one: gardens, a crab's corner, the pirates' deck. Each task is shown as one short hint on the screen.