Wednesday, October 29, 2014

Critter Care Tutorial: Part 1, Fish

Critter Care is a fun game that can earn you instant clams as well as up to 15 clams of salary. In Critter Care, you work in a lab and help take care of animals. You feed them, give them water, clean the cages, and help keep them healthy.

There are 5 animals in Critter Care you can take care of: fish, frog, pig, pigeon, and rat. In this tutorial, I will show you how to take care of the zebrafish.

First, go to the Critter Care lobby and click on the clipboard that says "fish". Next, click on a fish tank to begin. On the right of the screen, you will see a little white piece of paper. Click on it to see the animal's history report (and I don't mean on the Civil War).

The Report will tell you when was the last time the fish had been fed, the tank had been cleaned, and the filter had been changed.

As you can see, this tank needs to be cleaned and filter changed. To change the filter, click and drag the filter onto the tank. To clean the tank, drag the brush onto the tank. Repeat until there is no more green grime on the glass.

Next you will need to feed the fish. It was last fed 4 days ago, so you will need to give it two bunches of food. Drag and drop the fish food onto the tank two times. If the fish is looking healthy and not showing any signs of illness (we'll get to that later) give it a green tag. Drag the green tag onto the tank, and click exit.
  • If a fish has been fed 1 day ago, give it 1 bunch of food.
  • If a fish has been fed 4 days ago, give it 2 bunches of food.
  • Always clean the tank if you see any green grime.
  • Always change the filter if the tank looks foggy.

Reasons to Red Tag:

  • The tank has not been cleaned in a while (at least 4 days), but there is no green grime. This means the fish is not excreting waste, and there is something wrong.
  • The tank is very dirty even though it was cleaned just a day ago. This means the fish is excreting too much waste.
  • The fish is upside down. It's hard to tell, but a healthy fish will have 1 fin on top, and 2 fins on bottom. An unhealthy fish will also be slightly tilted. This means the fish has Fish Confusion. See image below.

Once you have correctly tagged all four tanks, click "submit lab report". You will instantly earn 15 clams. Once you have done this 3 times, correctly tagging 12 tanks in all, you will receive 3 clams of salary and a total of 45 instant clams.

Good luck! Stay tuned for the next critter care tutorial!

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