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[dralloss]

I just designated a pond area and filled it with water inside my fort. I now have a steelhead trout in it. How did it get there?
Does this mean I could make an artificial lake where it is safe to fish?

[kalida99]

The trout (like most fish) is a vermin, and as most of the community knows, Vermin do not obey the laws of time and space and often teleport around.

You can make a safe fishing lake like this, even underground.

[Shrike]

And here I thought this would be a topic about a noble getting their room mysteriously locked, filled to 3/7 water... and then carp'd.

[Kidiri]

The trout (like most fish) is a vermin, and as most of the community knows, Vermin do not obey the laws of time and space and often teleport around.

You can make a safe fishing lake like this, even underground.

Vermin do obey the laws of space and time. It's just that they're so small ([SIZE:1]) that they only manifest on a quantum level. This allows them to quantum tunnel all over the place.

[darthbob88]

Agreed. I actually got a fishing area to appear over a magma pipe once while I was capping it, with turtles crawling around and probably a fish or two. I actually got the message that there was no fish in the magma pipe.

[Soulbourne]

*Wanders off to create a massive underground lake that will have a multi level cavern and feed wells and such*

[LoneJedi7]

The trout (like most fish) is a vermin, and as most of the community knows, Vermin do not obey the laws of time and space and often teleport around.

You can make a safe fishing lake like this, even underground.

WOAH, i didnt know fish were vermin......does this mean carp could just start spawning in my well?!?

[smjjames]

The trout (like most fish) is a vermin, and as most of the community knows, Vermin do not obey the laws of time and space and often teleport around.

You can make a safe fishing lake like this, even underground.

WOAH, i didnt know fish were vermin......does this mean carp could just start spawning in my well?!?

No, there are two types of fish in the game, large creature fish which are sharks, carp, and various big river fish, and theres the vermin fish.

[Pigtail Cloth]

if you dig a hole in the desert and fill it with water, you'll get turtles 

A mystery, but true.

[LoneJedi7]

The trout (like most fish) is a vermin, and as most of the community knows, Vermin do not obey the laws of time and space and often teleport around.

You can make a safe fishing lake like this, even underground.

WOAH, i didnt know fish were vermin......does this mean carp could just start spawning in my well?!?

No, there are two types of fish in the game, large creature fish which are sharks, carp, and various big river fish, and theres the vermin fish.

ok, that makes sense, i got scared there for a second.

[Aspgren]

I embarked on a glacier once. Tunneled in, found an aquifier (how does that work anyway?) and out of it I got fish and fresh water. The dwarfimoes settled in and lived well.

then I got bored and left them to their fate

[Blargityblarg]

An aquifer is a layer of water-soaked rock or soil. In DF, it will generate water up to its won level. In RL, it's both better and worse; you *can* drain one, but if the pressure is high enough you'll get an artesian fountain rather than an artesian well.

[Aspgren]

okay cool.

interesting to have a ... glacier with an aquafier and an active fish life inside though.

[Acanthus117]

wait, so if I make a pond, it'll fill up with trout, making a source of food? Cool!

[Firehound]

You can overfish it though. Beware.