Pedro Zambrana, a 29-year-old visiting from Barcelona, was among the dozens of people stopping by to peer in and take photos. "This is so cool," he said, adding that a visit to the curiosity in Brooklyn's Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood had been high on his itinerary for his week-long stay in the city.
Devang Shah, one of the local residents that helps manage the pond, said volunteers soon hope to outfit the aquarium with a solar-powered filtration system to replace the current battery-powered one. They also need to acquire a heating system before winter sets in and have visions of setting up a livestream so their admirers worldwide can tune in, he said.
"They seemed happier over there," Shah said, gesturing to the hydrant surrounded by a now pristine slab of concrete.
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