Megaquarium/Equipment

Equipment is used by tanks to maintain their climate and water quality, and are a must for every fish tank in your aquarium. Most fish require at least either heating or cooling, and some water treatment. Additionally, pumps are used to help your equipment reach far-off tanks, or to network multiple tanks together to the same water treatment system.

With the exception of lights, all of these items should remain out of view from guests. Guests that view these items will deduct prestige. Use walls and other guest services to block line of sight to the equipment.

Over time, equipment breaks down. When it does, it begins falling in efficiency until a staff member with the Fixing skill is able to retrieve a toolkit and bring it to the equipment. The stronger the equipment, the more often it requires maintenance. By the endgame, you should have a fleet of maintenance workers so that even the most demanding equipment can be in best condition.

Failing equipment gradually stops performing until it is repaired. Having excess heaters, filters, or chillers can help create a grace period in which the staff can repair the equipment before the fish's health declines too sharply. Losing fish to failing equipment reduces your base prestige.

Water Quality
All items in this category are designed for one thing: to maintain the water quality. Water quality is maintained by four factors, from weakest to strongest: filter power, protein skimming, nitrate reactions, and UV sterilization. It is currently not known exactly how strong one is relative to the other, and some filters provide a combination.

Basic Filter
Official Description: The Basic Filter will maintain acceptable water quality on small tanks.

Power Filter
Official Description: The Power Filter will maintain acceptable water quality on medium tanks.

Protein Skimmer
In the Freshwater Frenzy DLC, protein skimmers cannot work with freshwater tanks.

Official Description: The Protein Skimmer provides additional filtering power and is useful for maintaining higher water qualities on small tanks.

Large Filter
Official Description: The Large Filter will maintain acceptable water quality on large tanks.

Mega Filter
Requires the Freshwater Frenzy DLC.

Official Description: ''The Mega Filter provides lots of basic Filter Power and nothing else. It's useful for large freshwater tanks which are incompatible with skimming.''

Large Protein Skimmer
Official Description: The Large Protein Skimmer provides additional filtering power and is useful for maintaining higher water qualities on medium tanks.

Double Filter
Official Description:' The Double Filter provides combined filtering and skimming to maintain higher water qualities on smaller tanks with a single piece of equipment.

Nitrate Reactor
Official Description: The Nitrate Reactor removes excess nitrates allowing for water quality high enough for sensitive species in medium tanks.

Large Nitrate Reactor
Official Description: The Large Nitrate Reactor removes excess nitrates allowing for water quality high enough for sensitive species in large tanks.

Large Double Filter
Official Description: The Large Double Filter provides combined filtering and skimming to maintain higher water qualities on medium tanks with a single piece of equipment.

Triple Filter
Official Description: The Triple Filter provides combined filtering, skimming and nitrate reacting to maintain very high water qualities on medium tanks with a single piece of equipment.

UV Sterilizer
Official Description: The UV Steriliser removes pathogens from the water allowing the most sensitive species to be kept in smaller tanks.

Mega Double Filter
Official Description: The Mega Double Filter provides combined filtering and skimming for huge tanks.

Large Triple Filter
Official Description: The Large Triple Filter provides combined filtering, skimming and nitrate reacting to maintain very high water qualities on larger tanks with a single piece of equipment.

Large UV Sterilizer
Official Description: The Large UV Steriliser removes pathogens from the water allowing the most sensitive species to be kept in medium tanks.

Mega Nitrate Reactor
Official Description: The Mega Nitrate Reactor removes excess nitrates allowing for water quality high enough for sensitive species in larger tanks.

Mega UV Sterilizer
Official Description: The Mega UV Steriliser removes pathogens from the water allowing the most sensitive species to be kept in larger tanks.

Combis
Combis are early-game units that combine standard filtration with heating or chilling. There are only two combis in the base game. Combis fall off in productivity fairly quickly.

Combi Mini
Official Description: The Combi Mini provides combined heating and filtering, saving you space and maintenance, but is only suitable for the smallest of tanks.

Power Combi
Official Description: ''The Power Combi provides combined heating and filtering, saving you space and maintenance. It is suitable for small to medium sized tanks.''

Power Combi Chiller
Requires the Deep Freeze DLC.

Official Description: The Power Combi Chiller provides combined chilling and filtering, saving you space and maintenance.

Large Combi Chiller
Requires the Deep Freeze DLC.

Official Description: The Large Combi provides lots of chilling and filtering, saving you space and maintenance.

Heaters
Heaters heat the water for tropical fish. It is not possible to over-heat a fish tank, so placing extra heaters can provide a redundancy for when some fail.

Basic Heater
Official Description: The Basic Heater will keep the water at tropical temperatures on small tanks.

Power Heater
Official Description: The Power Heater will keep the water at tropical temperatures on medium tanks.

Large Heater
Official Description: The Large Heater will keep the water at tropical temperatures on large tanks.

Mega Heater
Official Description: The Mega Heater will keep the water at tropical temperatures on huge tanks.

Chillers
Chillers work the same way as heaters do, but in the opposite direction - chilling the water for coldwater fish.

Basic Chiller
Official Description: The Basic Chiller will keep the water at coldwater temperatures on small and medium tanks.

Large Chiller
Official Description: The Large Chiller will keep the water at coldwater temperatures on large tanks.

Mega Chiller
Official Description: The Mega Chiller will keep the water at coldwater temperatures on huge tanks.

Lights
Corals oftentimes require lighting to flourish, while some fish types demand no light at all. Light comes in only a few different strengths, though most fish do not care about how much light is provided.

Lights do not require maintenance, and only one set of lights can be installed on any given tank.

Basic Light
Official Description: Provides basic level lighting for less demanding corals.

Power Light
Official Description: Provides moderate level lighting for moderately demanding corals.

Large Light
Official Description: Provides high level lighting for more demanding corals.

Mega Light
Official Description: Provides ultra level lighting for the most demanding corals."

Pumps
Pumps are used to connect equipment to a tank from a distance. Their use is mandatory for the basic, lagoon, and U tanks, as otherwise guests will see the equipment tied to them. The pump itself also counts as equipment, so ensure it remains hidden away as well.

Pumps do not require any maintenance, and so can be completely surrounded by other equipment or walls without penalty.

Larger pumps not only increase the range at which it can connect to a tank and the number of tanks it can connect to, but also the physical size of the pump. A larger pump can support more equipment.

Basic Pump
Official Description: The Basic Pump allows you to locate your equipment remotely from a tank for convenient access and to keep equipment out of the way of the Guests.

Power Pump
Official Description: The Power Pump has a longer range and allows you to connect two tanks so they share the same equipment.

Large Pump
Official Description: The Large Pump has a longer range and can connect to even more tanks, allowing you to take advantage of economies of scale and reduced maintainance requirements.

Mega Pump
Official Description: The Mega Pump has such a long range and high tank limit, that it's fathomable that an entire, small aquarium could be run on a single system with a Mega Pump at its center!

Auto-Feeder
Official Description: ''Once you've chosen the food type for it to dispense, the Auto-Feeder will release the correct amount of food into the connected tank, at the beginning of each day. Unfortunately the Auto-Feeder cannot dispense Supplements or food for animals which "Require Skill". These must be fed by hand.''

Calcium Reactor
Official Description: The Calcium Reactor doses the water with calcium, increasing the growth rate of all corals within the system.

RO Machines
Reverse Osmosis (RO) Machines increase the acidity of the tank, which is necessary for certain freshwater fish species. RO machines cannot be maintained by a toolbox, instead requiring RO membranes. The Fixing skill is still used to maintain these machines. They are incompatible with saltwater tanks. All RO machines require the Freshwater Frenzy DLC.

Compressors
Compressors act identically to pumps, but connect to air conditioning instead of water. Requires the Deep Freeze DLC.

Compressor
Official Description: ''The Compressor is like a Pump for your Air Conditioners. It allows you to locate your Air Conditioners remotely from a tank.''

Large Compressor
Official Description: ''The Large Compressor has more surface area for your Air Conditioners and a longer range. Furthermore, it can connect to 2 tanks, pooling their total Air Volume and Air Conditioning.''

Air Conditioners
Air Conditioners cool the air for surface-level arctic fauna, such as penguins and seals. A sufficiently strong level of air conditioning can also cause ice to form in the tank, which is necessary for some species. All air conditioners require the Deep Freeze DLC.

Air Conditioner
Official Description: ''Air Conditioners cool the air of enclosed tanks. They lose efficiency when their air intake is blocked.''

Large Air Conditioner
Official Description: ''Air Conditioners cool the air of enclosed tanks. They lose efficiency when their air intake is blocked.''

Mega Air Conditioner
Official Description: ''Air Conditioners cool the air of enclosed tanks. They lose efficiency when their air intake is blocked.''