For those that are looking for another aquarium game to check out, Facebook offers up Happy Aquarium. Is it worth it's water weight? Does it stand up to other social aquarium games out there, such as FishVille? Let's take a look at what you can expect from Happy Aquarium

Goal: The main goal of Happy Aquarium is to level your tanks up so you can purchase better fish, decorations, and so on. While this is always the main goal of any social game on Facebook, it is a bit harder in Happy Aquarium for those in the lower levels. It take a lot longer for beginners to start leveling up to where they can get anywhere in the game, which is a big minus for those looking for another aquarium game to pass their time. But, the developers are starting to add in other smaller goals, such as achievements, which means that they are trying to provide another avenue on building your tanks and leveling your fish. Since the main goal is a bit harder than other social games at the beginning of Happy Aquarium, it could cause some new players to split before they really get into the game at all. So the goals of Happy Aquarium get a 5 out of 10.

Game Play: The game play in Happy Aquarium offers about what you would expect in an aquarium game: you purchase fish, raise them, buy decorations, and gain experience points to level your tank. You will have to rely on your neighbors to help you in the game, just like other social games on Facebook. Visiting them will give you both experience and coins to help you build your aquarium, and they can gift special items to you to help decorate your tank. While you can also visit neighbors in this social game to help build up your experience and coins, there is not a lot else to do right now – especially for lower level players. At least you start out with one neighbor that you can visit for coins and fun until you can add others. Hopefully, the developers will start to add in more aspects to the game, such as holiday fun or better ways to grow your fish and your tank. Overall, the game play of Happy Aquarium gets only a 6 out of 10 right now.

Graphics: For those that prefer more realistic graphics in their social games, Happy Aquarium offers a bit more in that area than FishVille does. But there is a drawback to this as well, as Happy Aquarium’s graphics aren’t quite as good overall as FishVille. The fish are cute, and are a bit more believable than other aquarium games, but they are also smaller and harder to see at times. The decorations that you’ll find for your tanks are more realistic, which is nice, but they aren’t quite as colorful as the decorations in FishVille are. Once you get into other levels where you can add in more and more items, the details in the graphics can get a bit sketchy, as you add in more items in your tank. So, the graphics get a 7 out of 10 for Happy Aquarium.

Sound: One good thing about Happy Aquarium is that even though the music is not even as good as FishVille, it is really low and you probably won’t even notice it much. So, you can leave it on without worrying about getting too annoyed with it too quickly. The sounds that go along with the game are ok, it’s cute to hear the food can shake and the fish munching on the food. It’s fun to tap the glass and hear the little “tink tink tink”. But, really, the sounds and music have a lot of room to grow, even more so than other social games on Facebook. For this reason, they only get a 4 out of 10.

Special Items: There are some cute special items in Happy Aquarium, even for those at lower levels. Some are “fans only”, which mean that you have to a fan of the application to get them. Others cost you real dough (just like in other social games on Facebook), as you have to buy money to use in Happy Aquarium to purchase these special items. Although, some of these specialty items are extremely cool, such as the Sea Monkeys and the little horses and fairies that you can purchase. There are also special feeders that you can get to help keep your fish alive if you’re going to be gone for a few days. There are some holiday items and special items that you get from a lucky box, but other than that, they haven’t developed a massive collection of specialty items that you can collect like other social games have on Facebook. So, this area of Happy Aquarium only gets a 6 out of 10 as well.

Overall, if you are looking for another aquarium game to play on Facebook, you can give Happy Aquarium a try. It’s not quite the best social game out there nor the best aquarium game either, so if you haven’t tried FishVille, that is the best way to go. But, Happy Aquarium isn’t all bad, and it is a great social game on Facebook that any age of gamer can play, so it’s easy to see where this little game has plenty of room for improvement to help grab more gamers and keep the ones that they already have.