AUTONOMOUS ECOLOGY OBSERVATORY

Fishtank Emergence Lab

A broader bounded ecology of grazers, shoals, opportunists, and hunters flowing around shelves, weed screens, and current breaks.

Population 0 fish Dominant archetype pending

Resources 0 food Season shift

Energy 0 avg energy Baseline pressure

Turnover 0 births / 0 deaths Waiting for the first cycle

Live Tank

Observe the local rules in motion

Replay scrubber Live edge

Recording the last 45 seconds of the current run for quick rewinds and bookmarks.

Controls

Tune the constraints

Real-time pressure controls.

Food Flow 1.00x Higher values raise food caps and shorten spawn intervals. Metabolism 1.00x Controls how quickly movement and lean seasons drain energy. Fertility 1.00x Higher fertility lowers the energy threshold needed to split. Season Pace 1.00x Speeds up or slows down bloom and lean cycles.

Scenario Lab

Baseline drift. Balanced pressure and a standard seeded population for comparing routes, wakes, and slow turnover.

Presets

Balanced baseline. Good for watching slow ecological turnover.

View

Toggle lineage trails, nutrient density, and current arrows to inspect lee wakes, shelter pockets, and feeding lanes around formations.

P / Space / Esc pause R / Enter advance to the next seed T toggles the control drawer Tap the tank to pause

Trace

Population history

Fish Food Energy

Sampling the tank...

Replay Marks

Saved moments

Bookmarks from the current branch.

No bookmarks yet Bookmark a live moment to pin a seed, time, and population snapshot for fast return.

Timeline

Recent events

Births, deaths, predations, disturbances, and resets.

T+0.0s Waiting for the first event The tank will start filling this timeline as soon as something notable happens.

Inspector

Inspect a fish

Click a fish in the tank to pin its state, lineage, and current intent.

Selection

No fish selected

Click any fish in the tank to pin it. Click the same fish again to hide or restore the in-tank card. Empty-water taps still pause the run.

Archetype -

Stage -

Energy -

Hunger -

Satiation -

Lineage -

Generation -

Intent -

No fish selected.

Lineage highlighting is off.

Watch Story

Stay with this fish

Story counters and a fish-centric event feed stay pinned to the selected subject, even through replay scrubs. Click the same fish again to tuck the in-tank card away without clearing the subject.

Age -

Meals -

Hunts -

Offspring -

Status -

Watch Feed

Selected events

Recent events for the pinned fish or lineage.

Watch No subject pinned Pick a fish to start a fish-centric event feed.

Seasonal pressure is stable.

Energy turnover is still settling.

Waiting for the first visible cycle.

Grazer 0

Shoal 0

Opport 0

Hunter 0

Juveniles 0

Adults 0

Herbivores 0

Carnivores 0

Calm water. Trails and overlays expose the stable lanes, refuges, and food pockets.

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