niniel71

How/Where can I obtain the fish? HELP!

Sigrdrifa

Go to the Norrathian Homeshow Forum on EQ2Players. There is a whole huge thread on Fish Tanks, and several posts discuss the technique and components.

1: Pick a base, for instance, one of the Mahogany Counters:


2. Create a frame, for example, by stacking an Ornate Ferrite Table on top of your base.


3. Behind the fish tank, you need some Leviathan Unbound paintings, available from the City Merchants:



Overlap the paintings to minimize the amount of frame showing.

If you are really slick, you can use a bookcase to slightly angle the paintings and sink the inside frame edges into the plane of the wall, this hiding them altogether... and if that sentence made no sense to you, just stick with plopping the paintings on the wall side-by-side as usual. I'd have to show you what I mean in-game.

The purpose of the paintings i to get that blue watery coloration behind the tank.

4. Next, get some Mystical Mirrors. Place these on top of your Leviathan paintings. This gives you the water effect.



5. Depending on your design, you may want to hide the edges of the mirrors using columns, for example the Small Sandworn Pillar:



6. Stock the tank. You get your fish doing three quests in Timorous Deep for Citizen Niba'Ouz. The walkthroughs are available at EQ2i.



Put other items in the tank as strikes your fancy. A couple of quests reward things such as bottles, the replicas of the griffon towers or spires that were rewards for those World Events. The crafted Alabaster Eggs and Marble Eggs are good. Bonsai trees (a /claim item) are very nice.

Look at pictures of other fishtanks in the Norrathian Homeshow Fish Tank thread and see what you like.

Not sure what that thingamajigger is? Look it up at EQ2 Trader's Corner and Everseek... both have pictoral guides to house items. EQ2 Trader's Corner focuses on player-crafted items, Everseek also includes merchant goods, quest rewards, and faction items.

7: Put a top on the tank. This is optional, since the table used for the frame does give you a lid, but most people either use the same item that forms the base or some more furniture like top. Again, check out the pics in the Norrathian Homeshow Fish tank thread.

8: Still stonkered? Most of the folks who posted fish tank pictures in the Norrathian Homeshow ALSO give their server, character name, and address. Go look at some in person. You can right-click on items to get an examine window up to see what that item is. Use a notepad and WRITE DOWN THE NAMES.

Draigos

So i'm lazy and i kinnda want one of these in my house anychance theres anyone on Antonia bayle i can commission to get one of these built would be in north freeport.

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Migi

Wow, this impresses me a lot more than killing some raid mob. You guys/girls put some serious work into it.

Elcora, come make me a fish tank!

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Meiune

What a fantastic idea! I was requested to redecorate the Mr.'s house and decided to check out this thread forum and saw this particular thread while getting ideas. It inspired me to make one of my own!
I started another one but its not yet complete. I'll post it when Im done. here's the first:

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Peraud

I love the wheel .. it adds a nice touch on the casing. It looks good so far, I can't wait to see the finished product!

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Meiune

Thanks. Here's a couple of close ups of the first.




And I finished the one I was making upstairs. This one I had a lot of fun making


I was even able to make stairs up the side with a chaise lounge, a reading table and some books to read, overlooking the Pool room

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