diff --git a/Barotrauma/BarotraumaClient/Source/Map/Levels/BackgroundSprite/BackgroundCreature.cs b/Barotrauma/BarotraumaClient/Source/Map/Levels/BackgroundSprite/BackgroundCreature.cs
index b29ffb34b..a55e26770 100644
--- a/Barotrauma/BarotraumaClient/Source/Map/Levels/BackgroundSprite/BackgroundCreature.cs
+++ b/Barotrauma/BarotraumaClient/Source/Map/Levels/BackgroundSprite/BackgroundCreature.cs
@@ -177,8 +177,12 @@ namespace Barotrauma
                 drawPosition -= camOffset * (depth / MaxDepth) * 0.05f;
             }
             
-            prefab.Sprite.Draw(spriteBatch, new Vector2(drawPosition.X, -drawPosition.Y), Color.Lerp(Color.White, Color.DarkBlue, (depth/MaxDepth)*0.3f),
-                rotation, 1.0f - (depth / MaxDepth) * 0.2f, velocity.X > 0.0f ? SpriteEffects.None : SpriteEffects.FlipHorizontally, (depth / MaxDepth));
+            prefab.Sprite.Draw(spriteBatch, 
+                new Vector2(drawPosition.X, -drawPosition.Y), 
+                Color.Lerp(Color.White, Color.DarkBlue, (depth/MaxDepth)*0.3f),
+                rotation, (1.0f - (depth / MaxDepth) * 0.2f) * prefab.Scale, 
+                velocity.X > 0.0f ? SpriteEffects.None : SpriteEffects.FlipHorizontally, 
+                (depth / MaxDepth));
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/Barotrauma/BarotraumaClient/Source/Map/Levels/BackgroundSprite/BackgroundCreaturePrefab.cs b/Barotrauma/BarotraumaClient/Source/Map/Levels/BackgroundSprite/BackgroundCreaturePrefab.cs
index 4905591a0..bdb908f32 100644
--- a/Barotrauma/BarotraumaClient/Source/Map/Levels/BackgroundSprite/BackgroundCreaturePrefab.cs
+++ b/Barotrauma/BarotraumaClient/Source/Map/Levels/BackgroundSprite/BackgroundCreaturePrefab.cs
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ namespace Barotrauma
 {
     class BackgroundCreaturePrefab
     {
-
         public readonly Sprite Sprite;
 
         public readonly float Speed;
@@ -18,6 +17,8 @@ namespace Barotrauma
         public readonly float SwarmRadius;
 
         public readonly bool DisableRotation;
+
+        public readonly float Scale;
         
         public BackgroundCreaturePrefab(XElement element)
         {
@@ -34,6 +35,8 @@ namespace Barotrauma
 
             DisableRotation = element.GetAttributeBool("disablerotation", false);
 
+            Scale = element.GetAttributeFloat("scale", 1.0f);
+
             foreach (XElement subElement in element.Elements())
             {
                 if (subElement.Name.ToString().ToLowerInvariant() != "sprite") continue;
diff --git a/Barotrauma/BarotraumaClient/Source/Map/Levels/Level.cs b/Barotrauma/BarotraumaClient/Source/Map/Levels/Level.cs
index 541c99ee2..0fcdf9623 100644
--- a/Barotrauma/BarotraumaClient/Source/Map/Levels/Level.cs
+++ b/Barotrauma/BarotraumaClient/Source/Map/Levels/Level.cs
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ namespace Barotrauma
             }
         }
 
-        public void DrawBack(GraphicsDevice graphics, SpriteBatch spriteBatch, Camera cam, BackgroundCreatureManager backgroundCreatureManager = null)
+        public void DrawBack(GraphicsDevice graphics, SpriteBatch spriteBatch, Camera cam)
         {
             float brightness = MathHelper.Clamp(1.1f + (cam.Position.Y - Size.Y) / 100000.0f, 0.1f, 1.0f);            
             GameMain.LightManager.AmbientLight = new Color(backgroundColor * brightness, 1.0f);
diff --git a/Barotrauma/BarotraumaShared/Content/BackgroundSprites/BackgroundCreaturePrefabs.xml b/Barotrauma/BarotraumaShared/Content/BackgroundSprites/BackgroundCreaturePrefabs.xml
index 94744cc5d..cb6dadb55 100644
--- a/Barotrauma/BarotraumaShared/Content/BackgroundSprites/BackgroundCreaturePrefabs.xml
+++ b/Barotrauma/BarotraumaShared/Content/BackgroundSprites/BackgroundCreaturePrefabs.xml
@@ -1,22 +1,22 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
 <backgroundcreatures>
-  <Fish1 speed ="100.0" wanderamount="5.0" wanderzamount="0.1" swarmmin="2" swarmmax="10" swarmradius="500">
+  <Fish1 speed ="200.0" wanderamount="3.0" wanderzamount="0.1" swarmmin="2" swarmmax="10" swarmradius="500" scale="0.5">
     <Sprite texture="Content/BackgroundSprites/bgFish1.png" sourcerect="0,0,119,61"/>
   </Fish1>
 
-  <Fish2 speed="40.0" wanderamount="0.2" wanderzamount="0.1" swarmmin="1" swarmmax="3" swarmradius="300">
+  <Fish2 speed="80.0" wanderamount="0.2" wanderzamount="0.1" swarmmin="1" swarmmax="3" swarmradius="300" scale="0.5">
     <Sprite texture="Content/BackgroundSprites/bgFish1.png" sourcerect="1,65,113,64"/>
   </Fish2>
 
-  <Fish3 speed="20.0" wanderamount="5.0" wanderzamount="0.1" swarmmin="3" swarmmax="6" swarmradius="300" disablerotation="true">
+  <Fish3 speed="40.0" wanderamount="3.0" wanderzamount="0.1" swarmmin="3" swarmmax="6" swarmradius="300" disablerotation="true">
     <Sprite texture="Content/BackgroundSprites/bgFish1.png" sourcerect="135,0,117,70"/>
   </Fish3>
 
-  <Fish4 speed="200.0" wanderamount="5.0" wanderzamount="0.1" swarmmin="1" swarmmax="3" swarmradius="300">
+  <Fish4 speed="200.0" wanderamount="3.0" wanderzamount="0.1" swarmmin="1" swarmmax="3" swarmradius="300" scale="0.5">
     <Sprite texture="Content/BackgroundSprites/bgFish1.png" sourcerect="117,70,139,64"/>
   </Fish4>
 
-  <Fish5 speed="40.0" wanderamount="0.1" wanderzamount="0.1" swarmmin="1" swarmmax="3" swarmradius="300">
+  <Fish5 speed="80.0" wanderamount="0.1" wanderzamount="0.1" swarmmin="1" swarmmax="3" swarmradius="300" scale="0.5">
     <Sprite texture="Content/BackgroundSprites/bgFish1.png" sourcerect="0,130,159,50"/>
   </Fish5> 
 </backgroundcreatures>
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