![]() ![]() But we’ve basically future-proofed the aquarium with this method.” Some of the fish tanks you’ll see in the La Noscea room at the Eorzean Aquarium. “We’re nowhere near that and boy, do I hope we’ll never have to be. ![]() ![]() “Using Free Company rooms, we could skirt around and have up to 2,048 fish tanks - if we filled every private FC room (which is capped at 512, based on my research),” Fruity Snacks said. So how did Fruity Snacks and the Eorzean Aquarium’s volunteers get a massive amount of tanks in a single residence? With regards to aquarium units, there’s a limit to how many a private residence can have ten is the maximum, and that’s only if you have a large house. FFXIV housing tends to be wonky and has its own set of rules, as any player who’s experimented with interior decorating in-game probably knows. Using a FC house was a clever solution to displaying FFXIV‘s displayable marine life into one house. And maybe 10-15 volunteers, and a second Discord focused on helping out with projects like this.” “Within a few hours, we had a FC house that was effectively donated to us for the cause. “The idea just skyrocketed in the Crystal DC channel in the Fishcord,” Fruity Snacks said. It’s not an exaggeration to say that the full force of the fishing community showed up to manifest the Eorzean Aquarium. With the idea formed, now came the hard part: designing, building, and stocking the aquarium. “I caught every fish for the Grandmaster Cast title within a couple months after that,” he told me. He jokingly said everything “went downhill” after he took first place on the Malboro server during the Ishgardian Restoration Skybuilder rankings. Over Twitter direct messages, Fruity Snacks eagerly delved into his history of fishing in FFXIV. One day, with just an inkling of what he was about to launch, Fruity Snacks typed a message into Fishcord saying, “You know what… If one was so inclined, they could use a house to have private rooms for all types of aquariums.”Ģ8 days later, the Eorzean Aquarium officially opened for business. So he began researching what this venue could possibly look like, and the idea of a hangout space eventually snowballed into a full-blown concept for an aquarium. There is the Fishcord, a Discord group where fishers flock to in order to get advice, master fishing, and just chat - but, well, it wasn’t the same as hanging out in Eorzea. So, how did this creative venue get started?įruity Snacks had long been thinking about an in-game place for fishers to hangout in FFXIV. At this scale, it’s the first of its kind in the game. There’s even a gift store, cafe, and a newly added Touch Tank room. Created by one fisher with a dream, Fruity Snacks, and over 20 volunteers, the Eorzean Aquarium is a community-driven initiative with more than 90 aquarium tanks housing every displayable in-game fish. The Eorzean Aquarium is a sprawling exhibit of FFXIV‘s marine life. Possessing the body of my alternate character, named after my favorite Taco Bell drink, I hopped from my home server on Aether over to Crystal’s Malboro server to visit the renowned Eorzean Aquarium. ![]() You’d think I was in the Monterey Bay Aquarium or the Georgia Aquarium, but no - I was in Final Fantasy XIV. Hordes of visitors - couples flirting with each other, groups of friends jumping and laughing - came through to also gaze upon the fish swimming around us. Boop,” and “great nose.” I wasn’t the only one in that room, either. Among the comments were, “beautiful,” “loooong boy. Flipping through the visitor book, I found charming comments from past visitors also praising the shark for its magnificent features. During one May evening, I stood in front of a tank and admired a shark with a gigantic nose. ![]()
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