Terrariums and Aquariums!
Every Minecraft builder eventually hits the same wall: you tame a parrot, catch a tropical fish, or breed a rare mob, and then you have nowhere interesting to put it. A plain glass box works, but it feels flat. That is exactly the problem Terrariums and Aquariums! solves. This add-on turns simple glass into fully customizable, interactive habitats that let you capture, resize, and display nearly any mob in the game.
What Terrariums and Aquariums! Adds to Minecraft
At its core, this is a decoration and display add-on, but calling it just decoration undersells it. You can build habitats in any shape, generate vanilla or modded biomes inside them, and even step inside to decorate the interior yourself. Right-click a tank or press enter in its GUI, walk around inside, place plants and blocks, then step back out and admire the result.
Beyond the tanks themselves, the add-on introduces several handy tools:
- Glass panels – like glass panes, but placeable on block edges with up to four per block. They also hold water, which makes aquarium builds far more flexible.
- Wavecaster – adjust water depth down to two pixels and change water direction to simulate a flowing river without pushing mobs around.
- Plant clippers – start or stop the growth of vines, bamboo, sugar cane, and similar plants.
- Magnifying glass, name plates, and tank lights – small touches that make displays feel polished.
Tank Types and Customization
Classic, Steel Beam, and Cylinder Tanks
The classic terrarium and aquarium is fully modular and packs every feature. The steel beam variant swaps thin sides for thick beams, while the cylinder tank, added alongside steel beams, connects in every direction so you can create genuinely fun shapes.
Bowfront, Short, Capsule, and Nano Tanks
The bowfront curves at the front and stays flat at the back. The short tank suits terrestrial animals like tortoises. Capsule and nano tanks are compact options, with nano tanks placed like sea pickles and mixed freely between terrarium and aquarium styles.
Novelty Designs
Shelf tanks connect sideways, hourglass terrariums mirror the bottom onto the top, and the scale terrarium mirrors one side to the other. There is also a fish bowl, a hanging lantern terrarium, and a snowglobe you can shake with a right click. Every tank supports adjustable water levels, custom weather, backdrops, interior brightness sliders, and color changes, so nothing is locked to a default look.
Versions, Loaders, and Installation
Terrariums and Aquariums! for Minecraft supports the Fabric loader on modern releases, with builds available for several recent game versions. If you are wondering how to install it, the process is straightforward: install Fabric for your game version, drop the add-on file into your mods folder, and launch the game. From there, crafting a tank and experimenting with shapes is the real tutorial.
Players who want to download Terrariums and Aquariums! without juggling loader files by hand often turn to a launcher instead. The foxygame.net launcher keeps a curated add-on catalog, so you can add Terrariums and Aquariums! to a compatible profile in one click and let it handle version matching and updates automatically.
Compatibility and Extra Features
The add-on works with any mod the author is aware of, including shaders, and it plays nicely with biome and mob mods. Creators behind Hybrid Aquatic, Alex's Mobs, Untamed Wilds, Biomes O' Plenty, and Fossils and Archeology are credited for the animals and biomes that bring these habitats to life. You can also pick up and move finished creations, save and load presets, and toggle connectability so separate tanks sit side by side without merging. Block scalability covers 4x4, 8x8, and 16x16 sizes, giving you room for everything from a single betta fish to a full jungle diorama.
Final Thoughts
Terrariums and Aquariums! transforms how you show off the mobs you collect. Instead of hiding creatures in chests or cramming them into cramped pens, you build miniature worlds around them. Whether you want a nano tank on a shelf, a towering cylinder aquarium, or a snowglobe that shakes on command, this add-on delivers the tools, the customization, and the creative freedom to make it happen.