When nobody is using your computer, what is on the screen? Are you easily bored by the darkness of the black screen, or the bouncing Windows logo? What you need is a fish tank, and not just any fish tank. You need the Aquazone Seven Seas Deluxe from Allume Systems. This beauty isn’t just a goldfish in a bowl — it is so powerful and versatile, you could have literally thousands of combinations of aquariums just with a few clicks of the mouse. We have been using this screen saver since December 27 and we are still entranced by it on a daily basis.

The Aquazone Seven Seas Deluxe is much better than the Microsoft aquarium screen saver that comes with Microsoft Plus Pack. There’s a huge collection of aquatic life forms to choose from. Sure, you can have the standard goldfish or clown fish, but you can spice it up with up to 40 different species of fish, turtles, jellyfish, and even sharks! There are also 20 different photo-realistic fish tanks for your fish to swim around on your desktop, each of which comes in different sizes to accomodate the fish of your choice. There’s no limit to how many fish can live in your aquarium. And there’s nice, soothing sound effects to add to the realism of the aquarium.

These fish look real. Every time the screen saver comes on, we spend a lot of time staring and swatting at the screen as if it were the real thing. There’s also an option to “tap the glass” in the tank, using your mouse, to interact with the fish. Speaking of which, you can even feed them! We haven’t yet come around to see any of the fish floating upside down, so one can probably go without feeding them for a few days if necessary.

Here’s the product descriptions straight from Allume:

Have you always dreamed of owning a aquarium filled with exotic fishes and sealife but the time, cost, and maintenance of a real tank was simply too much? Well, with Aquazone Seven Seas Deluxe, your dream has come true! Aquazone delivers a state-of-the-art virtual aquarium on your Mac and PC! Aquazone is so vibrant, so life-like, you will swear the fish are real! If you want brilliant colors, deep photo-realistic backgrounds, and an array of photo-realistic fish that rivals the finest exotic pet stores, then Aquazone is for you. No complicated set-up or cleanup is required! Just pick your customizeable tank and as many fish as you want. It’s that easy. With Aquazone, you’re instantly a connoisseur of your own virtual aquatic world.

Aquazone Seven Seas Deluxe is the world’s greatest fish tank. Have you always dreamed of owning a aquarium filled with exotic fishes and sea life — but didn’t want the time, cost, and maintenance of a real tank? Well, with Aquazone Seven Seas Deluxe, your dream has come true! It delivers a state-of-the-art virtual aquarium on your machine — one so lifelike you’ll swear the fish are alive.

Here’s a list of fish that are included with the screen saver. Of course, if these aren’t enough, once you have the screen saver, you can buy other fish from their website, or even submarines and UFO’s!

Blacktip Shark, Ocean Sunfish, Coelacanth, Adult Sea Turtle, Luminescent Dwarf Squid, Nautilus, Sardine, Baby Sea Turtle, Dwarf Gourami, Clark’s Anemonefish, Blue Devil, Common Clown, Three-Spot Damselfish, Black-Tailed Humbug, Flagtail Surgeonfish, Filamented Coralfish, Angelfish, Black Veil Tail Angelfish, Half-Black Angelfish, Black Ranchu, Small Red Goldfish, Calico Goldfish, Black Wakin, Wakin Goldfish, Glasscat, Neontetra, Black Neontetra, Glowlight Neontetra, Green Neontetra, BiColor Dottyback, Goldtail Demoiselle, Red Mosaic Guppy, Tuxedo Guppy, Blue Glass Guppy, Aequorea Coerulescens, Beroe Cucumis, Bolinopsis Mikado, Moon Jelly, Spirocodon Saltator.

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GRAND PRAIRIE, TEXAS - Any cat will agree, the 18.5″ Carpeted Scratching Post has seen better days. After two-and-a-half years of being the sounding board for many a cat’s frustrations, it has given up the fight. Catnabbit! interviews the cat scratching post today.

CN: You’ve been doing a good job for quite a while now. Why are you giving up today?

Scratching Post: Are you kidding? Every day I come to work, and immediately my boss throws me in the ring with four rabid felines. They claw at me, beat me, jump all over me, pull out my hair, and bite my neck. The salary is low and the benefits non-existant. I don’t even get a yearly vacation. Would you work under these conditions? I think not. I’m a sucker for having stood up this long. Today, I walk.

CN: Surely there have been good times. Can you tell us a little about them?

Scratching Post: Well, there was the time when one of the kittens came up and hugged me every day, and for a long time there was a grey tabby that took naps with me on weekends. We had good times, just the two of us snuggling together. I guess I’ll miss that a little bit.

CN: So what are your plans for your retirement?

Scratching Post: Have you seen the movie Amélie? I want to be like that garden gnome the girl sent on a trip around the world. I’d send back pictures to my boss, showing off all of my travels, hopefully with various celebrities and famous world landmarks to highlight them. After that, I’d like to settle down in a quiet community and begin work on my autobiography, which I plan to title Torn to Pieces.

CN: That’s interesting. Do you have any plans for self-improvement, such as re-carpeting?

Scratching Post: In fact, I do not. I would like to live as an example that cats should have their nails trimmed regularly, and if possible, wear those plastic protection caps. A cat scratcher should be a friend, not an enemy. I don’t want other scratching posts to end up like me.

CN: So does that mean you are for declawing cats?

Scratching Post: Absolutely not. I wouldn’t want someone to lob off my base corners or a few inches off my neck. Who would wish that on a cat?

CN: That’s great. So, now that you are retiring, do you have anything to say to your former employers?

Scratching Post: Please, for the love of all that is good, be kinder to your next scratching post, and let it retire earlier! There’s only so much abuse we can take!

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