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 I bought the Ocean Wonders Aquarium yesterday for my 3 mo. old son. I had heard wonderful things about the Peaceful Planet and was excited to get this new version of it. I don't know if I'm just crazy or what, but on the box it says that there are blue, green and yellow lights that fade in and out.... there are NO colored lights at all!! Just a white light. I assumed that it was broken so I returned it to Babies R Us and got a new one today... this one doesn't have colored lights either! What's going on? I don't know if the box has a misprint or if Babies R Us got a bad shipment of them. I hate the thought of having to go back to BRU again to replace or return it. I would love to know if anyone else had a problem with the lights. I even made sure the room was dark just in case they were very dim or something. So, 2 out of 2 were broken. I think the motor is very loud and drowns out the music - the only way to hear the music is to turn it up and then it's too loud for nighttime. One of the features is that you can play the music and lights without the moving fish (motor) which is nice, but even on the lowest setting, I think the music is still too loud for a bedtime toy. I guess the old PP version had lights that illuminated the ceiling - that would be very cool, this one doesn't have that. I agree with another reviewer - the fish are really tiny compaired to the size of the aquarium. It's a shame that there have been so many problems with this toy because the concept is great - it just needs some work.
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The aquarium is great to look at and listen too, but I have found that I am constantly having to replace the batteries. My daughter isn't even in her crib that often and yet the few times I use the aquarium, I am always replacing the batteries. It seems like so many baby items require batteries now, what happened to wind up items? It is lots of fun, but I find it somewhat inconvenient to keep it in working order. They should have had a wind up version maybe with a solar powered light.
My son loved his peaceful planet aquarium, so when that finally went I replaced it with this. There are some advantages - the motor is definately quieter on the ocean wonders, and my son loves the buttons on the front that he can operate himself, which the peaceful planet didn't have. But the light does not illuminate the whole toy, and the fish are so small! For the actual size of the toy the viewing area could be much larger. As for battery life and durability, we'll see. I sure hope they are better than the peaceful planet! -- Update- Battery life and durability seem much better than the original peaceful planet aquarium. We have had ours for more than a year now and I have only replaced the batteries once or twice. My son is almost three and still enjoys looking at this from time to time.
I was given this as a shower gift. It has been in my son's crib since we brought him home. He loves the music and now that he is rolling and moving around more he loves to turn the music on and off and play with the buttons (with his hands and feet). This toy is very durable...my son kicks it very hard to turn it on and off. It keeps him amused as he is waking up in the morning or from his nap.
