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# Creating Pool Incentives

This guide covers creating a [Pool Incentive](/for-projects/pool-incentives.md) — an additional reward stream for liquidity providers of a specific Aquarius pool, funded by you rather than by the protocol. Anyone can create one: projects bootstrapping liquidity for their asset, DAOs, or individual users.

### Before you start

Make sure your planned incentive meets the [requirements](/for-projects/pool-incentives.md#how-pool-incentives-work): worth at least **100,000 AQUA per day** at creation time (in any token traded on Aquarius), minimum duration of **1 day**, and every token in the target pool approved in the [Asset Registry](/governance/asset-registry.md). The full parameters and distribution mechanics are covered on the [Pool Incentives](/for-projects/pool-incentives.md) concept page.

### Creating an incentive

1. Go to [aqua.network/incentives](https://aqua.network/incentives/) and click the **Add Incentive** button at the top of the page.
2. **Select the pool** you'd like to incentivize. Only eligible pools (all tokens whitelisted in the Asset Registry) can be selected.
3. **Choose the reward token** the incentive will be paid in.
4. **Enter the daily reward amount and the duration** (in days). The interface checks that the daily amount meets the 100,000 AQUA-equivalent minimum.
5. Review the parameters and **confirm the transaction** in your connected wallet.

Once submitted, the incentive is scheduled on-chain and distribution starts automatically according to the chosen period.

### How liquidity providers receive it

Rewards accrue automatically to everyone providing liquidity in the incentivized pool, proportionally to their share. Providers claim them in [My Aquarius](/user-guides/dashboard.md) under **My Liquidity** — Pool Incentives, AQUA rewards, and position fees can be claimed together.

### For developers

Pool Incentives are implemented as a gauge mechanism on the Aquarius AMM smart contract. The relevant entry points on the [router](/developers/reference/router-and-pool-contracts.md) are `pool_gauge_schedule_reward` (create an incentive), `gauges_get_reward_info` (read accrued incentives), and `gauges_claim` (claim). The current on-chain minimums can be read with `pool_gauge_get_min_daily_amount` and `pool_gauge_get_min_duration`.