Tunnel aquarium at JK Grounds draws hundreds on first day
- | Saturday | 13th October, 2018
A whopping 12,000 litres of fresh water are being used for the aquarium.Syed Hamid of Mermaid Aquarium and Ponds, Bengaluru, which has built the tunnel aquarium at JK Grounds, told TOI, “It took us five days to construct the tunnel. We want to shift the tunnel aquarium to the Karnataka Exhibition Authority grounds opposite Mysore Palace, where it is bound to attract a greater crowd.”Mysuru district in-charge minister GT Devegowda and tourism minister SR Mahesh inaugurated the ‘Matsya Mela’.Marine attractions*Black diamond stingray*Varenda gold*Chiclets*High-fin pengesius shark*Dawkinsia Rohani*Goonch Catfish*Blue Channa Although the aquarium has now come up at JK Grounds, Mysureans are only too pleased to have such a structure in the city, and its location appears not to have dampened their happiness.Among the major attractions at the aquarium include the alligator gar, the giant gourami, red tail catfish, etc. The glass used for the structure was bent in Bengaluru. Maintaining the aquarium is not an easy job either.
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