- Quick specs
- Price: Free to try (14-day trial, limited features); $18.95 to buy
- Operating system: Windows 95/98/Me/2000/XP/Vista/Server 2008/7
- Date added: October 07, 2009
- Total Downloads: 979,196
- Downloads last week: 2,509
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- CNET editors' rating: stars
- Average user rating: stars out of 70 votes
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CNET editors' review
Reviewed by: CNET Staff
Despite its name, this gorgeous screensaver reminds us more of the sea bottom than of an aquarium. Sim Aquariam Free Tank gives you quite a few configuration options, letting you add bubbles, change the frame rate, show the water surface, or add your own music. However, we really enjoyed the default bubbling-water sound, which adds great ambience. Though we were impressed with the realistic, high-quality graphics, we wish there were even more to look at. As it is, only a few fish swim across the screen at any given time in this free version, though if you pay you get a bunch more. In general, this is one of the better-looking aquarium screensavers we've seen, making it ideal for just about anyone.Publisher's description
From Digital Illusions Software :Sim Aquarium screensaver brings the most realistic coral-reef aquarium to your computer screen. Its stunning, photo-realistic graphics recreate the beauty of 3D fish swimming freely in a 3D environment, including a reef, with live clams and swaying sea life. Sim Aquarium lets you choose among 41 species of fish, bringing you as close to a living, growing reef as you can get on your computer. In addition to enjoying the screensaver when your computer is idle, you'll find yourself hitting the instant activation switch to bring this ever-changing screensaver to life, so you can relax and admire its lifelike water world.
What's new in this version:
Version 2.71 is a bug fixing release.
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User reviews
- Average user rating: 2.8 stars out of 70 votes
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Version: Sim Aquarium 2.71
Pros: I loved SIM Aquarium on XP on my old Dell. That version was worth 5 stars. Beautiful lifelike fish, choice of tanks and excellent moving plants.
Cons: On new Win7 Dell the tank was not full-screen, and the fish stopped appearing. I wrote twice to support and was ignored. I asked for a refund, but I'm obviously not going to get it. Now I have Marine Aquarium 3 and won't look back.
Summary: On Win7: Small tank, no fish, no support, no refund.
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Version: Sim Aquarium 2.71
Pros: it was easy to download, install and delete !
Cons: the fish didn't look realistic enough.
Summary: I was searching for the best aquarium screen saver, one that I could buy and enjoy every day, one that would make me feel that I was viewing a real aquarium, Sim Aquarium did not fit my requirements.
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Version: Sim Aquarium 2.71
"nothing much to see , screen all but empty"
Pros: if you purchase everything it is absolutely incredible to enjoy .with multiple variations free version is a great tease of what could be
Cons: FREE ... BUT NOT REALLY FREE . IT SHOULD SAY SO BEFORE YOU GET EXCITED AND DOWNLOAD IT , AND BECOME DISSAPOINTED !
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Version: Sim Aquarium 2.71
Pros: installs easely, and works directly, and best of all: it looks good.
Cons: its boring
Summary: boring, love from nicole xxx
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Version: Sim Aquarium 2.71
"IT CONSISTENTLY HUNG MY VISTA SYSTEM."
Pros: The actual graphics were pretty cool.
Cons: I hate when you say it's free and then it turns out to be a trial. I'm not sure what you get for free. I hated the fact that it shoved into my face how many days I had left every time it was invoked. Free should be free, not free for 2 weeks!
Summary: Aside from the fact that it was not free, it would hang my system (Vista unfortunately, but that's another story!) over the course of a few hours of coming up & down. I'd have to run task manager to free my system up -- just bringing the task ma... read more >>
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