Realistically rendered fish and other sea creatures inhabit this virtual dream aquarium screensaver, designed by an Academy Award-winning effects artist. Shifting rays of light, ripples and an animated environment add to the realism. A fiddler crab chases the fish while cleaning the bottom of the aquarium, and there's support for multiple monitors, widescreen formatting, and more than twenty-three species of fish, each with well-articulated fins and animated eyes and gills. Settings are adjustable without exiting the screensaver.
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Installation instructions
Microsoft Windows
- Double-click on the trial file downloaded above to start the installer.
- If you agree to the license terms set forth, click the 'I Agree' button.
- The default install location (C:Program FilesDream Aquarium) is fine for most users, and does not have to be changed. Click 'Install' to begin copying all necessary files to your computer.
- You will be asked whether you want to have the installer create a desktop shortcut. This is not strictly necessary, but it will allow you to access the screensaver directly from your desktop.
- Click 'Yes' if you want to make Dream Aquarium your new default screensaver.
- The installation will be completed and Windows's Screen Saver Settings panel will open.
Anti-virus report for Dream Aquarium
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We have 2 files for 'Dream Aquarium'
- DreamAquariumXP.exe (Windows)
- DreamAquarium_1.296.18.dmg (Mac)
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File name | DreamAquariumXP.exe |
Target system | Microsoft Windows |
File size | 8.28 MB (8,684,083 bytes) |
File type | Portable Executable (EXE) |
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Detection ratio | 0/14 (0%) View report |
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Total downloads | 35,037 |
Last downloaded | 2 minutes ago |
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MD5 | dff323fefe075cc604085711a7985d2d |
SHA1 | ac95161c1e675a8eb6102f339fcae52e02f5659b |
SHA256 | 6b25587b499327f1cba1a2b592a378ebb93079e5e65b3202a9a0453a8c436a36 |
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File name | DreamAquarium_1.296.18.dmg |
Target system | Apple Mac |
File size | 18.00 MB (18,874,368 bytes) |
File type | Apple Disk Image (DMG) |
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Detection ratio | 0/14 (0%) View report |
Popularity | |
Total downloads | 6,739 |
Last downloaded | 4 hours ago |
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MD5 | d8b470cdf731246ba786df57f2bf0051 |
SHA1 | a9451b3fe1323ee92e1946dded63cbb52c4a3a08 |
SHA256 | 7b3ef1416092865f72cefcfa6656035d69ea8ea9c4b1986d22604bbd75768a1d |
Editor's review
A highly-realistic virtual aquarium designed by an Oscar-winning animator
July 4, 2016
Designed by Alan Kapler, a special effects artist and animator who has previously worked on Hollywood blockbusters such as Titanic, X-Men and The Day After Tomorrow, Dream Aquarium is one of the most realistic freshwater aquarium screensavers on the market.
Inspired by his love of fish, Kapler, who was honored with an Academy Technical Achievement Award in 2005 for a software program he developed, left Hollywood to work on Dream Aquarium, which he first released in 2006 and is still actively developing.
Continuous development is made possible by the fact that Dream Aquarium comes with the small price tag of $19.95 (payable via credit card or PayPal). Twenty percent of profits are donated to environmental charities, with a focus on habitat and wildlife conservation, as well as climate change and alternative energy sources, and a free demo version with limited options and nag-screens is available for anyone who wants to try before they buy.
What the money gets you is a virtual tank with 27 species of fish – as well as a fiddler crab cleaning the bottom of the aquarium – that behave much like their real-life counterparts: they peck at objects, eat food, chase each other, swim in schools, and even poop! Additional species, from the Red Tiger Discus to the Long-Finned Rosy Barb, can be purchased separately for $2 each, or as a pack containing all 10 species for $8.
The screensaver’s settings menu, accessible via the Screensaver Settings Panel in Windows or the Screen Saver panel in OS X, allows you to protect your tank from changes being made by other users, set the maximum number of fish to allow in the tank, as well as their size, and customize various graphics settings. Most of the options, however, can be accessed by hitting the Enter key on your keyboard while Dream Aquarium is running. From there you can change the composition of your tank, feed the fish with 'byte-sized' food for virtual fish, add new species, and alter numerous other behaviors.
By default, the camera position is static, showing you the full aquarium, but you can opt to have it follow one fish in particular, or several fish chosen randomly. You can adjust the air bubbles floating up to the surface, along with the speed of the fish, and even the background image can be replaced with any image on your hard drive, like a family photo.
Unless you tell it not to, Dream Aquarium will automatically connect to the internet to look for updates, such as bug fixes and improvements, once every three months. To spare your laptop’s battery, the screensaver will not run unless you have your laptop plugged into a power outlet, though this behavior, too, can be customized.
With full multi-monitor support, realistic sound effects of air bubbles and trickling water, and an active online support forum, Dream Aquarium well-deserves a 5-star rating.
User reviews (32)
GOOD
by PUNIT GUPTA on March 2, 2021
its nice
by md alauddin on January 25, 2021
the free version slows down the pc a lot which does not happen with other types of screensaver and after showing different types of aquarium there are only 2 fishes to swim on the black screen without showing the background of the aquarium itself so I deleted it after a short time and it was a real disappointment ..
by adam on January 4, 2021
NICE
by SHUBHAM on November 26, 2020
Usb to serial device driver. i like aquarium
by vibushnan on October 7, 2020
is wonderful
by tata on August 23, 2020
really good! but needs options to turn sound off, and needs to slow the action a bit -- too fast, not relaxing
by Dan on July 16, 2020
amazing
by sam on March 26, 2020
Been using the paid version of this for years, I absolutely love it!
by Matt on February 21, 2020
very nice relaxing
by phil owens on January 31, 2020
It is an amazing screen saver however it only works on earlier versions of windows such as vista and xp. Crashes anything later than that especially windows 10. Beware.
Screensavers Planet: We tested it to work on computers running Windows 7, 8 and 10. It has never crashed. There may be a compatibility issue with your computer.
by Henry on January 9, 2020
I have owned this screen saver for 12 years. I have installed it on over 25 computers including all the computers at my business. The people complaining about nag screens in the free version just need to pay the price which is WELL worth every penny. Since there is a limited amount of computers licened by the $19.95 fee I have GLADLY paid for this screen saver 4 times. The person on one site that compained there was no control of the screen saver timing and sleep mode needs to go to their PC settings where there is full control of all screen savers, including Dream Aquarium. For the people who complain that it does not work in windows 10, get a geek to fix it for you. I have had this screen saver on every PC OPSYS since Windows 7, including Windows 10 for the past 2 or 3 years.
BTW this is AWESOME on multi-screen setups. The fish swim in and out of all three screens on my home desktop.
by Phyllis Wright on October 10, 2019
Is the best
by Sunil on September 15, 2019
Look nice and awesome ! but let's Try..
by Dichiara Sujana on July 4, 2019
Doesn't work on Mac OS X
by John Jonasson on January 12, 2019
LOVE IT
by SAM SHAMON on January 6, 2019
$20 for a screensaver. nuf sed.
by stagl on February 12, 2018
terrible, on my win 7 PC it maxed out my CPU and win 10 it crashes.
by Joe on December 10, 2017
Awesome
by Liz Chapman on October 10, 2017
Annoying unless you want to purchase the full version for $19.99. I'm sure the full version is awesome, but give me a few minutes to enjoy the free version before you start throwing pop ups in my face. And it doesn't specify, but I wonder if they have their website at the bottom in the paid version.
by Nate James on September 7, 2017
I love it! very relaxing!!!!
by lbfrey on May 24, 2017
cool
by cam on April 19, 2017
Nice looking aquarium, great graphics! Omnisphere 2. 5 crack reddit mac. Would love to purchase the full version but they donate 20% to charities and causes that I do not agree with.. bummer!
by Jimmy Q on February 22, 2017
hate free sreen saver that have popups
by tim on December 11, 2016
very impressive love the depth and the vibrant colors
by John on February 20, 2016
It's cute
by Cathy on November 20, 2015
Does not work well with Windows 10
by WMC on October 8, 2015
Beautiful
by Essie on September 14, 2015
Wonderful
by richard babcockwomderful on May 9, 2015
demo version. limited useability.
by fake on February 18, 2015
Fair, Tell me how to get rid of it
Screensavers Planet: To uninstall the Dream Aquarium screensaver, please see our help page How to remove (uninstall) a screensaver for step-by-step instructions.
by C. Johnson on November 19, 2014
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