This game runs off the clock on your computer, so if you havnt figured it out yet, if u dont want to wait 2 hours for your babies to grow up (or whatever) just change your computer clock forward 2-4 hours at a time...- warning... i found this out the first day i got the game... played it all day that day- dont care to play it anymore.. because i done bought everything.... found all the magic fish.. just kinda got bored now!