Our New Monk-Made Aquarium

Jai Ganesha!

This week, the monks of the Ganapati Kulam finished up a long term project to rebuild their office aquarium. With the help of Mayuresh, who was visiting for a few months, the monks built this custom aquarium stand out of rough koa wood, some tarnished copper panels and a giant bronze mandala (donated by Holly Young). It's a copy of the the same bronze chakra that resides on the back of Hanuman's neck at the rudraksha forest. The tank is made of five tempered glass panels, and the interior is filled with a papaya root-ball and plants from the previous aquarium.

The tank in its completed form

The Media Studio\

s older fish tank, which will now be repurposed for aquatic life elsewhere at the aadheenam'

The tank\

s stand all begins with local koa wood that we\'ve had around the wood shop for quite some time, waiting for the right project'

Assembly begins!

The bronze chakra with a backdrop of the oxidized copper

Amazing what you can do with enough care and patience

Off it goes to be installed

Next the aquarium is placed on top and the aquascaping begins. The sand and substrate is added, along with our papaya wood root-ball

A little later the plants and fish from the other aquarium are moved over to their new home

This tank can be viewed from three sides, so the aquascape has to be just right

Many little fish zip around in the 115 gallons of fresh water

They have their own little world

Aum Namah Sivaya

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