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Uncle Milton - Aquasaurs | 
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| Brand: Brainstorm
Category: Toy
Buy New: £18.06
New (4) from £16.99
Avg. Customer Rating:  3 reviews
Sales Rank: 1980
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Number Of Items: 1
Batteries Included: No
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.1
Dimensions (in): 11.5 x 9 x 6.4
MPN: 001410
Model: UM002-1
UPC: 042499014106
EAN: 0042499014106
ASIN: B00008YSSS
Shipping: Eligible for Super Saver Shipping
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1 to 2 months
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| Features:
| • | A habitat 250 million years in the making. Watch amazing live Aquasaurs swim in a prehistoric enviroment. |
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Product Description
Travel back in time with this fascinating prehistoric creature habitat with a crazy under-water volcanic landscape! Aquasaurs (Latin name triops longicaudatus) are thought to have been around for 350 million years. Their eggs can remain dormant for years but once re-hydrated in your tank then they begin to hatch out into tiny little creatures at first which then grow as you care for and feed your new pre-historic friends! Each Aquasaurs kit includes the 2 litre capacity tank with temperature gauge, an informative instruction manual with fun facts and enough live Aquasaur eggs and food for two sessions - just add water and see them hatch. But the fun is not over then as you can mail order new eggs and food and even become a member of the Aquasaurs Club! 6 Years +
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| Customer Reviews:
 Great first try at taking care of a pet September 6, 2008
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
I have to agree that this is a GREAT product and introduction to children to taking care of any future pets. Yes you do have to get spring water and yes you do have to clean the water and maintain it at a certain temperature but frankly as parents we do much crazier and complicated things for our children, so this is a no brainer. We did not get a lamp! They survived with the temperature of our house. It is true that they do eat each other and the last one left which we called STAR GIRL was huge - but we made it fun for our boys and it was a great experience for them. STAR GIRL survived for roughly the 90 days.
We will start again with some new ones..... now to think of their names!
 Great intertainment for wee explorers January 19, 2008
11 out of 12 found this review helpful
I can't believe the previous review!! Why on earth +0do a review of something you have not tried but just imagine will be bad...I mean, what outlook on life does that reflect...just ridiculous!
My 4 year old got this for Christmas from an uncle and I think it has been great. At four my son is very interested in absolutely everything and has wanted a pet for a while. This gave him the opportunity to have a fish tank but one that probably only lasts as long as his interest. The Aquasaurs live between 20 and 90 days so although I end up keeping the beasts happy i only have to do it for a limited time.
My son has been fascinated with the whole thing - preparing the tank, putting in the eggs, watching them hatch, feeding them and watching them grow. He spends lots of time just watching them swim. I think he even learned a lot when one of them died and got gobbled by the others or
had to be fished out.
I think this is a great wee education in the circle of life and a good way to test if the child is interested and able to keep a pet.
The aquasaurs need quite a bit of care - every 3 days you have to fish them out and change the water. They can only cope with spring water so that is a bit of hassle and extra cost. For the temperature of the water we just had a little lamp sitting close to the tank. When they had grown a bit bigger they seemed to cope fairly well with a lower temperature and we only had the light on when we wanted to look at them swim. I recommend this even with the extra work.
 Save your money! January 6, 2008
7 out of 17 found this review helpful
The main problem with this is that you need to keep the temperature of the water between 22-31 degrees. You are going to have to buy an incandescent lamp to do this and have the expense of the electricity! Of course you might get away with it in the summer months. I read some other reviews on Amazon.com which said that they get the water really dirty and also that they eat each other so you end up with one big one! I didn't fancy that at all so mine is still sitting unused in it's box. An additional complication is that you have to use spring water and the tank itself is very flimsy and can't be moved about once filled!
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