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Cross-species genetics

Breed the impossible.

Every creature carries real genes. Cross two and their child inherits a mix: body shape, fins, colour, pattern, even temperament. Cross two different species and things get interesting.

  1. 01

    Choose a pair

    Any grown male and female will do — species doesn’t matter. A shark and a jellyfish is a perfectly good couple.

  2. 02

    Add a catalyst

    Optional, and usually a nudge rather than a guarantee: toward glow, bigger fins, a mood, or something stranger.

  3. 03

    Hatch a fry

    A hundred coins and a free spot in the tank. Then watch it grow up and find out what you actually made.

Real results

Some things we’ve hatched.

Straight from the game’s breeding code — same parents, same maths. Every cross is a fresh roll of the dice, so the same pair can surprise you twice.

Inky Orca
Cuddle Octopus
Inky OctopusRare
Blue Whale
Crown Jelly
Blue JellyRare
Great White Shark
Kite Ray
White RayRare
Lantern Angler
Ribbon Jelly
Lantern JellyEpic
Kraken
Pearl Narwhal
Pearl SquidRare
Zebra Shark
Moon Manta
Moon SharkRare
Mimic Octopus
Lionfish
Mimic LionfishRare
Ember Dartfrog
Bubble Guppy
Ember GuppyRare

Charms

Some traits just stick.

A unicorn horn, a bow tie, a flower crown, a trail of clouds or stardust. Charms carry onto whatever body a fry grows into, so a horn bred off one creature turns up on a penguin, a puffer or a jellyfish. Two charmed parents can hatch a fry wearing both.

  • Bow Tieon a Clownfish
  • Unicorn Hornon a Dumbo Blob
  • Flower Crownon an Emperor Penguin
  • Cloud Trailon a Moss Axolotl
  • Stardust Trailon a Harp Seal
  • Unicorn Horn + Flower Crownon a Sea Bunny
  • Unicorn Horn + Bow Tieon a Balloon Puffer
  • Bow Tieon a Bell Jelly

Traits that show

Each species has signature features — a narwhal’s tusk, a hammerhead’s head, an axolotl’s frills — that always appear. Cross two species and their signatures compete for the child.

Traits that hide

Others are carried quietly and skip generations. A plain-looking fish can still pass on armour, horns or glowing eyes it never showed itself.

300 colour morphs

Rarer eggs, stranger colours.

Colour morphs are tied to rarity. Commons wear earthy spots and stripes; mythics come out in galaxies, holograms and molten gold. All of these are Fan Bettas.

Common36 morphs
  • Apricot Spot
  • Cherry Cap
  • Coral Lance
  • Harbor Band
  • Mint Patch
  • Peach Blush
  • River Silk
  • Sky Stripe
Uncommon75 morphs
  • Amber Petal
  • Button Dot
  • Cotton Candy
  • Golden Half
  • Lagoon Ring
  • Nemo Marble
  • Raincloud
  • Sorbet Stripe
Rare44 morphs
  • Amethyst Ring
  • Bordeaux Crest
  • Emerald Crown
  • Icefire Wave
  • Midnight Lace
  • Pearl Gourami
  • Sapphire Current
  • Teal Mirror
Epic73 morphs
  • Abyss Constellation
  • Cassette Chrome
  • Electric Slide
  • Hot Magenta
  • Laser Tag
  • Neon Tetra
  • Radical Red
  • Spectrum Veil
Legendary36 morphs
  • Andromeda Wash
  • Celestial Rune
  • Eventide Halo
  • Lunar Lace
  • Nebula Pearl
  • Planetary Band
  • Solar Flare
  • Starlight Veil
Mythic36 morphs
  • Absolute Pearl
  • Cosmic Ivory
  • Eternity Bloom
  • Forever Bloom
  • Lucid Prism
  • Oracle Tide
  • Singularity
  • Unwritten Galaxy

12 moods

Every face is inherited too.

Expressions run in families. Some species lean sleepy, some lean smug, and a catalyst can tip a clutch one way or the other. Here’s one Bubble Guppy in all twelve.

  • Anxious
  • Bashful
  • Curious
  • Determined
  • Grumpy
  • Happy
  • Playful
  • Scared
  • Serene
  • Sleepy
  • Smug
  • Surprised

Growing up

From fry to full grown.

Hatchlings are tiny and grow in stages, so it takes a while to see what you bred. Frogs start as tadpoles; orcas start small enough to share a tank with a guppy.

Ember Dartfrog

Hatchling
Tadpole
Froglet
Radiant

Inky Orca

Hatchling
Sprout
Mature
Radiant

Cuddle Octopus

Hatchling
Sprout
Mature
Radiant

Moss Axolotl

Hatchling
Sprout
Mature
Radiant

97 catalysts

A little something in the water.

Catalysts go into the nursery with the parents and lean on the dice. Win them from the daily mini-games, find them in oysters, or pick them up in the shop.

Common5
  • Blush Petal

    Favors bashful expressions, rosy cheeks, and light fluttering.

    A pressed flower keeps the smallest smile.

  • Moss Seed

    Biases fry toward leafy sprouts, mossy shells, and crawl or hop bottom-dwellers.

    Plant a thought on the gravel; green feet may answer.

  • River Reed

    Favors flexible ribbon tails, leafy gills, and flowing wave or undulate motion.

    Bend with the stream and the stream becomes a dance.

  • Silk Fan

    Favors rounded or paddle tails and calm gliding; softens deeply forked tails.

    A little fan opens a softer path through the water.

  • Soft Coral

    Biases fry toward blushy cheeks, fan fins, and happy or bashful expressions.

    Where cheeks warm and fins smile, the garden blushes back.

Uncommon16
  • Bonnet Fossil

    Focuses the anatomy bias on the inheritable bonnet head; encourages curious cruising.

    A crescent left in stone remembers both ends of the horizon.

  • Curious Lens

    Biases fry toward odd eyes and antennae; helps hybrids lean in. Mild mutation bump.

    Look through it and odd eyes look back. Hybrids lean closer.

  • Ember Coal

    Biases fry toward ember crests, hot morphs, and active darting or wagging.

    Still warm. Tempers flare; tails beat like sparks.

  • Fright Mask

    Biases fry toward startled eyes, lantern lures, and scared or surprised looks.

    Worn by things that startle first and glow later.

  • Grumpy Stone

    Biases fry toward horns, thorns, and grumpy or determined reef looks.

    Stubborn as reef rock. Spikes grow where patience thins.

  • Happy Charm

    Biases fry toward heart features and happy or playful expressions.

    Hearts hide in the current. Laugh and they surface.

  • Jelly Bell

    Biases fry toward jelly skirts, soft ribbons, and pulse or drift swimming.

    Ring once and ribbons answer. Soft bells prefer soft water.

  • Ray Feather

    Biases fry toward wing fins, moon wings, and glide or flap motion.

    A sky-fin dropped this. Glide follows whoever catches it.

  • Reef Compass

    Favors a reef-shark snout, swept shark tail, smooth shark fin, and steady cruising.

    Its needle follows a fin instead of north.

  • Remix Charm

    Encourages mosaic hybrids — odd eyes and mixed family pages stick together.

    Shake the family album. Odd pages stick together.

  • Siphon Bulb

    Favors tentacles, suction feet, and energetic jet swimming.

    Squeeze, release, and let the tide carry you.

  • Sleepy Tea

    Biases fry toward sleepy lids, veil tails, and drift or glide swimming.

    Sip slow. Veils drift. Moonlight prefers half-closed lids.

  • Spiral Shell

    Biases fry toward coil tails, shellbacks, and crawl or undulate motion.

    Listen long enough and the coil teaches the tail to turn.

  • Tiny Seed

    Shrinks adult size and biases fry toward bright shoal eyes and darting.

    Small doors open for bright eyes. Big bodies need not apply.

  • Titan Pebble

    Grows fry larger and slower — wide snouts, paddle tails, giant cruise.

    Heavy as a promise. Slow turns, wide shadows, old blood.

  • Trigger Tooth

    Biases fry toward reef horns, beaks, thorns, and grumpy or determined looks.

    A reef keeps score with its face. Horns remember who frowned first.

Rare48
  • Balloon Blubber

    Optional breeding charm that can twist fry traits.

    A seal that practiced holding air. Whiskers stay.

  • Blossom Puff

    Optional breeding charm that can twist fry traits.

    Petals that settle in fur and refuse to leave.

  • Bottle Shard

    Optional breeding charm that can twist fry traits.

    A hermit that borrowed a bottle instead of a shell.

  • Broth Pearl

    Optional breeding charm that can twist fry traits.

    A yolk that wanted tentacles. Serve in a bowl.

  • Chimera Key

    Strongly pushes chimera looks and stitches both parents' lineages into the fry.

    Two locks, one click. Both faces try the door.

  • Circus Bell

    Optional breeding charm that can twist fry traits.

    Three bands and a laugh. Ears stay up.

  • Cloud Cotton

    Optional breeding charm that can twist fry traits.

    Stuff a mochi with sky. Wings optional, fluff required.

  • Coral Tiara

    Optional breeding charm that can twist fry traits.

    A betta's crown, sized for a crab.

  • Corsage Pin

    Optional breeding charm that can twist fry traits.

    A flower for a flipper. Formal, then not.

  • Dumpling Wrapper

    Optional breeding charm that can twist fry traits.

    Fold a soft body once. Spots settle like filling.

  • Ear Balloon

    Optional breeding charm that can twist fry traits.

    Dumbo ears, then the rest of the body catches up.

  • Ember Petal

    Optional breeding charm that can twist fry traits.

    A lily that caught. The frog kept the flower.

  • Emerald Moss

    Biases fry toward leaf crests, moss shells, and emerald or jade ornaments. Stronger mutation.

    Green that remembers jewels. Leaves keep better secrets than scales.

  • Frost Crystal

    Biases fry toward crystal horns, fins, and scales — frost or pearl morphs. Stronger mutation.

    Cold light grows edges. Pale rings prefer quiet swimming.

  • Gill Pouch

    Favors axolotl-style gills and walker legs when crossing oddities.

    Soft cheeks keep walking secrets. Legs may eavesdrop.

  • Glow Bladder

    Optional breeding charm that can twist fry traits.

    A lamp that wants a forehead. Gills drink the light.

  • Halo Lily

    Optional breeding charm that can twist fry traits.

    A pad that lifts. Bars of gold across a toad.

  • Hammer Lens

    Focuses the anatomy bias on the recessive hammer head, including in fish crosses.

    The whole reef fits inside its wide glass.

  • Ice Mochi

    Optional breeding charm that can twist fry traits.

    A seal pup rolled in rice flour.

  • Ink Bowtie

    Optional breeding charm that can twist fry traits.

    Tied once. The belly stays white.

  • Jelly Carrot

    Optional breeding charm that can twist fry traits.

    Ears on a bell. The fringe keeps hopping.

  • Kohaku Ribbon

    Optional breeding charm that can twist fry traits.

    Tie a red mark on a tuxedo. The pond approves.

  • Koi Lantern

    Biases fry toward koi hearts, dumbo ear-fins and blushing cheeks.

    A paper lantern painted with koi. Something deep swims toward it.

  • Koi Scale

    Optional breeding charm that can twist fry traits.

    A single red scale that remembers a tancho spot.

  • Lantern Wick

    Favors lantern lures, lit tails or belly lights, with glowing hover or pulse motion.

    Small lights make brave company in deep water.

  • Lop Ribbon

    Biases fry toward bunny ears, blushing cheeks and dumbo ear-fins.

    Tie it round a dumbo's ear and the ear gives up standing.

  • Lume Spore

    Guarantees biolume orbs and spots on the fry, and boosts glow.

    Crush it in the dark and green light learns your blood. Soft orbs prefer soft skins.

  • Midnight Carrot

    Optional breeding charm that can twist fry traits.

    Black coat, gold cheeks, one polite nibble.

  • Mochi Wick

    Optional breeding charm that can twist fry traits.

    A tiny lamp that prefers velvet.

  • Narwhal Needle

    Stitches narwhal tusks with flukes — mosaic lean for giant × ray pairs.

    A spiral that stitches snouts to flukes.

  • Nectar Bell

    Optional breeding charm that can twist fry traits.

    A flower hat that grew a whole medusa underneath.

  • Petal Bonnet

    Biases fry toward flower crowns, blush sparkles and dumbo ear-fins.

    A bonnet of blossoms, sized for someone with very big ears.

  • Petal Tea

    Optional breeding charm that can twist fry traits.

    Steep a flower hat until the gills blush.

  • Pond Bell

    Optional breeding charm that can twist fry traits.

    Orange and white, pulsing. A koi that forgot the pond floor.

  • Pond Pebble

    Optional breeding charm that can twist fry traits.

    Skip it once. A tancho lands between two ears.

  • Ribbon Spool

    Favors long ribbon or veil fins and flowing motion without adding spines.

    Unwind a long afternoon of soft fins.

  • Rice Flour

    Optional breeding charm that can twist fry traits.

    Dust a gill and a rhinophore with the same powder. They come out one animal.

  • Sky Marshmallow

    Biases fry toward cloud trails, dumbo ear-fins and moon wings.

    Toasted on a cloud. Whoever eats it floats a little higher.

  • Steamer Lid

    Optional breeding charm that can twist fry traits.

    Keep the filling in. A yolk likes a dumpling.

  • Storm Battery

    Biases fry toward storm brows, thorns, and corkscrew or dart motion. High mutation.

    Bottled weather. Erratic paths, thorns, and sudden change.

  • Sucker Flipper

    Mixes suction feet with paddles or wing fins — mosaic oddity limbs.

    Arms that want to be fins. Fins that want to stick.

  • Swell Seed

    Optional breeding charm that can twist fry traits.

    Plant it under an axolotl's ribs. They learn to hold a breath.

  • Tea Cake

    Optional breeding charm that can twist fry traits.

    A mochi that learned to inflate. Serve warm.

  • Tide Knot

    Fuses ray wings, jelly bells, and reef blush into one theme mix.

    Sky-fin, soft bell, and reef blush tied in one hitch.

  • Tiny Tailcoat

    Biases fry toward bow ties, tuxedo coats and dumbo ear-fins.

    Very small, very formal. Fits anything with flappy ears.

  • Whale-Jelly Oil

    Mixes whale flukes with jelly skirts — mosaic lean for giant × jelly pairs.

    Flukes steeped in bells. The jar remembers both tides.

  • Whisker Wax

    Optional breeding charm that can twist fry traits.

    Warm it and a muzzle remembers snow.

  • Yolk Spoon

    Optional breeding charm that can twist fry traits.

    A dome of breakfast for a forehead.

Epic16
  • Aurora Buffer

    Encourages fused color themes, iridescent scales, and calm drifting; no guaranteed rarity.

    Two colors settle into a shared shimmer.

  • Axolotl Paste

    Strongly favors axolotl-cross hybrids — gills stay, partners get stickier.

    Pink glue for impossible partners. Gills refuse to leave.

  • Comet Dust

    Biases fry toward comet horns or tails, star features, and fast darting.

    Shake it and trails remember how to burn. Stars hitch a ride.

  • Halfmoon Rift

    Often splits the fry's paint into a two-face / half-and-half pattern.

    Night splits the paint. One fish, two weather reports.

  • Jar of Stardust

    Biases fry toward stardust trails, star pupils and axolotl gills.

    Leave the lid off and something twinkles away with it.

  • Lineage Dice

    Rolls unexpected ancestor traits (chaos bloom) with a mosaic lean. High mutation.

    Roll the ancestors. Someone unexpected shows up.

  • Narwhal Pearl

    Biases fry toward unicorn horns, penguin beaks and tuxedo coats.

    Found at the root of a tusk. Some penguins would like one.

  • Nimbus Silk

    Optional breeding charm that can twist fry traits.

    Cloud-thread for shoulders. The moon keeps the other end.

  • Prism Shard

    Biases fry toward prism or crystal horns and iridescent morphs. Higher rare-spark chance.

    Colors refuse to pick a side. Eyes may learn the same trick.

  • Reef Loom

    Encourages shark–ray mosaics: bonnet heads, shark tails, wide fins, and both parent lineages.

    Thread a sky-fin through a shark-shaped tide.

  • Royal Ribbon

    Biases fry toward crowns, veils, and royal ornament.

    Tied for those who already know they look good. Crowns listen.

  • Shell Lamp

    Optional breeding charm that can twist fry traits.

    A nautilus coil that learned to glow from the inside.

  • Split Mirror

    Collides color themes and ups pattern complexity — themes fight mid-swim.

    Colors refuse to agree. Themes collide mid-swim.

  • Swell Bell

    Optional breeding charm that can twist fry traits.

    A jelly that learned to hold its breath. Ring it and the bell grows spikes.

  • Tide Metronome

    Favors pulse or undulate motion, expressive tentacles, and flexible tails.

    Every tide has a rhythm. This one remembers yours.

  • Unicorn Candy

    Biases fry toward unicorn horns, stardust trails and bunny ears.

    Spun sugar with a twist in it. Foreheads get ideas.

Legendary7
  • Ancient Scale

    Biases fry toward heavy armor and longer-lived giant or bottom stock.

    Older than the tank. Armor wakes; years stretch.

  • Astral Sextant

    Favors constellation eyes, starry tails and orbiting details, with hovering or corkscrew motion.

    Set your course by a constellation nobody else can see.

  • Bloodline Blender

    Max hybrid chaos: chimera, mosaic, theme fusion, and wild mutation.

    Pour distant kin into one glass. Expect sediment.

  • Eclipse Coin

    Biases fry toward eclipse auras and moon or galaxy looks. Higher rare-spark chance.

    Spend it when night and night disagree. The middle may answer.

  • Galaxy Glass

    Biases fry toward galaxy features and celestial morphs. Higher rare-spark chance.

    Look long and constellations rearrange. Some eyes never look away.

  • Leviathan Seal

    Encourages whale–ray mosaics with flukes, lunar wings and armor; stitches both lineages.

    A deep-water crest, pressed where wing and fluke meet.

  • Moon Pearl

    Biases fry toward moon features and lunar morphs; strong glow. Higher rare-spark chance.

    Not a promise — a tide. Halos rise when bloodlines lean lunar.

Mythic5
  • Chronicle Hourglass

    Favors time armor, oracle eyes and chronicle morphs while preserving both ancestral lineages.

    The sand falls forward. The ancestors answer backward.

  • Dream Feather

    Biases fry toward dreamlike plumes and cosmic wings. Very high mutation.

    Impossible plumes prefer sleepers. Wake carefully.

  • Genesis Geode

    Strongly encourages crystalline, winged chimeras and stitched lineages; high mutation, not a guaranteed species.

    Break a stone and find a small impossible world inside.

  • Void Ink

    Biases fry toward paradox or void features and unstable looks. Very high mutation.

    Writes what light refuses. Paradox prefers unstable hands.

  • World Seed

    Helps distant kin mix — paradox crowns, cosmic wings, and wild mutation.

    Plant between distant kin. The sprout keeps its own map.

For the patient

65 secret breeds.

A handful of creatures never hatch from a capsule. The right two parents, the right catalyst, and a bit of luck — that’s the only way in.

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