- There goes Ricky and Morty.
And away they go, yay, Rick and Morty!
(upbeat music)
Hey good morning everybody, welcome
to the vlog, and guess what?
Lucy's first baby is out of the egg.
Oh my gosh, it is an absolutely beautiful snake.
I think it's just a tiger citron, but I'm not 100% sure.
But take a look at this, this is so exciting.
Can you see inside of this egg right there?
What do you see?
There's one head, there is two heads.
That's right, Lucy has some two heads.
Take a look at how gorgeous, and they are beautiful
little monkeys, too, but sure enough look
at those two little heads right there.
Oh my gosh, how exciting is that?
And again, look at this baby, oh my gosh.
What a way to start the day.
I am super excited, we're gonna head over to the shop.
We're gonna try to get Rick and Morty's tank set up,
but oh my gosh, we have some twin reticulated pythons
and this beautiful monkey here.
All these babies should start hatching out any day.
It's gonna be so exciting.
What do you say we head over to the shop?
At The Reptarium, and today's project
is to get Rick and Morty's cage done,
or at least a turtle cage.
I'm not 100% sure what we're gonna do.
So what I did was I actually have these bulkheads back here,
right there and right there, and you guys know
that I've said this before, with Joey from King of DIY,
my buddy Steve Bashy, they're helping me through this.
I know nothing about filtration, so wish me a lot of luck.
I'm using one of these Fluval FX4s,
supposed to be super simple.
Basically the idea behind this, I suppose,
is like you have these bulkheads,
hopefully they won't leak, you put them in.
This is the intake, that is the outtake.
Of course you have to have a little bit of a pipe up,
because I'm going to put some gravel down here,
and then kinda decorate the cage out.
And then essentially, it looks like you just like
attach one inch tube to the intake, to the outtake.
You then attach it to the pump,
you fill it up with water, and you turn it on.
It just sounds a little bit phony to me,
to be honest with you, but first thing I'm gonna do
is go ahead and get this kinda situated and set up,
and then I'm gonna go get some gravel, get that washed up,
get that intake, and then fill up some water,
and see if this sucker works.
And by the way, thank gosh I saw Joey
actually take these out and put this in,
because I would have hooked this up
with these playthings in there.
I think that there's something in the bottom here.
I don't even know what the heck is going on here.
This is, I wish, Joey can you please fly back down?
There's this bag of something.
I don't know what that is, so I guess we're not using that.
I'm not gonna lie to you, I've just spent
about half an hour just figuring out how
to put this whole thing back together.
I had to take it apart about three times.
I just have never really messed with these types of filters.
I used to keep fish when I was younger,
but it was nothing really that complicated,
so I think I've got it sorted out,
if I'm not mistaken, I think all the media's right again.
There were a couple bags that were extra.
I think maybe charcoal goes in this,
and I'm not putting charcoal in.
I don't know, if you guys know anything
about this, comment down below.
In the meantime, I was just gonna tighten this up,
and then I think all I really need to do,
put one inch tube here, run it up to my bulkheads,
and I think put the gravel in, fill it up,
and then we can decorate it out.
I think that's all I have to do, but again,
when I plug this sucker in,
I'm gonna be a little stressed out,
because I have no idea what I'm really doing.
Hopefully this thing'll work out,
and then I can say take that, Joey, King of DIY.
So Lori, we have a little bit of a dilemma.
This Saturday Eric and Mary get married,
and it's our second week open at The Reptarium.
What are we gonna do?
- We've already discussed this, we're gonna be closed.
- [Brian] We're gonna be closed, no.
- Yes.
- [Brian] No.
- Yes, we need to be closed, and I truly believe
that your followers and our fans
will totally understand that we are closed
because Eric and Mary are getting married.
- Well wait a second, but Eric said
that their wedding was at 3:30,
so I told him as long as I could be back here by 4:00
for the open, it should be good.
- No, 'cause you're gonna be my driver.
You're the DD for tonight.
- I'm not sure what's gonna happen, guys,
so we have a little bit of a dilemma.
Let me know in the comments, do you want me
to like maybe bring in some people
that aren't in the vlog to run
The Reptarium for the night?
I've got a couple of friends
Ben, Lorenzo. - It's not gonna happen.
- No.
- Let me know in the comments
- No. - If you guys would
- I don't care. - still like to
come out even though
we're not here. - I don't care
- Or should we close down - what they say.
- our second weekend - It is going to be closed.
- that we've ever been open. - Look at the calendar.
- Look at the calendar on the website.
It already says closed.
- Should we be open?
- Don't come on Saturday, come Friday, come
- [Both] Sunday.
- Or Saturday, - No.
- if you guys want, in the comments.
- Well don't, you can come on Saturday and look at the door,
but nobody's gonna be there.
- It's a dilemma, I'm conflicted here.
- There's no dilemma. - What do you want us to do?
- Oh my God, you're such a jerk.
- [Brian] (laughs) Oh my God.
- You know, just because the zoo is closed today
doesn't mean that animals don't feed
and get maintenance, so Noah's in here
cutting up some nice pumpkin.
- Yeah, that's right.
- [Brian] You're filming it for your blog?
- Yeah, I'm feeding these tortoises over here.
- [Brian] They like the pumpkin?
- Oh yeah, they've been loving it.
- Look at 'em go at it.
Oh my God, they absolutely love it.
That's a beautiful treat.
This guy over here in the corner.
So if you want to see what Noah's doing
on our day off at The Reptarium,
you can check out his channel.
Eric, I was talking to Lori, and--
- What's up man?
- [Brian] We only have a few days left
before the wedding, how do you feel?
- The big day, I feel really good,
only because I just got a pet ferret,
which is cool,
but that's about it. - Oh you got that ferret?
- Yeah I got one, I picked one up yesterday,
but that's the only reason I'm feeling good.
I'm really nervous, okay. - And what are we gonna do?
- [Brian] I mean you guys kinda screwed me up
on my second week at The Reptarium.
What are we gonna do?
Is there anything we can do, we can work around this?
- Yeah, you know, we can just cancel it.
- Okay, yeah, alright. - We can just come in.
- We'll be there to help. - Problem solved.
We're good to go, yay!
Oh and on a side note, a lot of people commented
how this white door didn't really go with the decor.
Don't worry, don't worry, don't worry!
We are definitely gonna decorate this door out.
It is not gonna be a white door that's a big eyesore.
This thing, were gonna not only paint it,
we're also gonna cover it with rock and vine
and stuff like that, so don't you worry.
But thank you for letting me know.
- [Brian] Mary, good news, I talked to Eric
and you know with The Reptarium being the second weekend
and all that stuff, he just said we're gonna
postpone the wedding, is that cool?
- Oh, that's fine.
(both laughing)
- He said he didn't wanna miss the movie night.
Which by the way, we're having a movie night
this Friday night at nine o'clock.
Only 20 people can come, we're gonna watch Jurassic World.
We'll be hanging out with anyone in the crew
that wants there, I know Jessica's coming.
These guys are welcome to come, too.
So again, check out Reptarium.com.
You can join if you want, and only 20 spots.
We'll do some more movie nights in the future,
but it's cool that we cancel the wedding, then?
- Yeah, yeah, it's fine, it's fine.
- Okay, good, we're all set.
In theory, I should have everything hooked up now.
I've got all of this plumb, I've got the Fluval
with the lines going in, clamps on it,
and it really wasn't that bad, I mean there was probably
like maybe six or eight swear words
that went into doing this, but I think it's gonna be done.
What I think I'm gonna do is actually fill it up
with water, make sure it works before I start
putting the gravel and decorations in,
just in case something goes wrong.
I don't want to have to remove everything out,
if that makes any sense.
So that is what I'm gonna try to do.
Wanted to just take a minute and just check out
to see what hatched over here.
Oh my gosh, look at how gorgeous those are.
Those are actually granite match match.
We had some about a week ago.
These ones are even more spectacular.
Woo, doggie, look at the stripe on this one right here.
Oh my gosh, and then there's some little
Mexican black kings, too.
Oh my God, that is so good, 'cause we've been
out of Mexican black kings.
And the water is flowing, and again we only
have to fill it up a little bit past
that intake there, so maybe three or four inches.
We'll turn the filters on, make sure they work.
Then we'll probably add the rocks in,
and then once the rocks are in,
then we'll actually go up to about here.
Because again there's the turtle ledge right back there
that Rick and Morty, or whatever turtle
I happen to be putting in here,
is gonna have, so (sighs).
I tell you what, fingers crossed, I hope that this works.
(peaceful music)
Here's some more little baby Mexican black kings.
Of course these have a little bit of pattern to 'em,
which is fine, because what happens is
after a couple sheds, they turn completely pitch black.
But these are absolutely amazing.
And this right here is another entire clutch
of Mexican black kings that should be hatching any time.
So if you guys are on the list
or you wanna get Mexican black kings,
we'll have 'em available relatively soon.
Oh and then look at this entire clutch
of albino Hondurans, and then this normal
het for albino Honduran right here.
Oh my God, these are so absolutely gorgeous!
Just take a look at these monkeys, oh my gosh.
So far, looking good, we've got it filled up enough
to where we can actually turn the pump on.
There doesn't seem to be any leaks yet,
so once we turn the pump on,
hopefully this sucker will work.
Oh my God, fingers crossed.
And away we go, and actually I screwed up,
because I put the outtake on this side
and the intake on this side, so you can see this thing kind
of bubbling over, and it's actually sucking
in that way, so I have to switch those around.
But so far, that's good, let's make sure there's no leaks,
and if that's not a problem, we are good to go.
I'll go get some gravel, we'll decorate out,
and we'll give it some time, and maybe move
Rick and Morty over today.
Worst case, if the water temperature's a little cold,
'cause it should be pretty lukewarm,
might be just a little cold.
We might have to move 'em over tomorrow.
But anyways, looks like we have a tank that is kinda
crazy, but it at least is holding water.
And then lastly, we have a couple more
albino Honduran milk snakes right here.
You can see this one, wow, that's got a lot
of bands on it, which makes it really cool.
And then another really pretty het for albino
Honduran here.
I tell you what, I absolutely love
hatching baby snakes, and I've been so busy
with The Reptarium that I've kind of missed out
on being over here when a ton of really
cool stuff hatched, so now I gotta kinda
go back through and look through the racks,
and see what they've been hatching over here at BHB.
And speaking of hatching, as I was going
through those eggs, this caught my eye.
This of course is a jungle jag.
Oh my gosh, that thing is absolutely gorgeous.
And of course that jungle gene, as it gets older,
it's gonna get more and more yellow.
This animal is gonna be a stunner.
Switched sides with the intake right here,
and it looks like it's really good.
It's not as turbulent, looking absolutely amazing.
Again, we'll fill that water up
to probably right about here, but for now,
a complete success.
Heading to go get some rocks for the bottom.
Some decorations and plants and stuff like that.
And then, we'll see what happens from there.
I am excited, no leaks!
Went and picked up some gravel for the bottom of the tank.
Gonna pour that in, do a little bit of decorating.
We'll probably actually finish the decorating up
over the next couple days, I have a friend of mine
that does some really cool aquarium plants,
and we'll get some greenage in there and stuff like that.
And then like I said, I'll see if the temperature
of the water is good enough to bring
Rick and Morty over, if not, I'll go ahead
and bring 'em over tomorrow.
And then I'm gonna finish up the other two turtle tanks.
Before I get back to the turtle tanks,
I wanted to tell you to go over to my buddy Miguel
at Always Evolving Pythons.
I will put a link in the description.
Because today he actually announces what you have to do
to win that all expense paid trip to The Reptarium.
Again, he's gonna fly someone out here,
pay for their hotel, hang out with us on an off day,
where you get the complete carte blanche tour
of the place, and hanging out with me, Miguel,
and my crew and everything like that.
So, again, link in the description, go check that out.
And with that said, guys, I'm pretty happy
with the way the tank's turned out.
This is actually gonna be Rick and Morty's.
We have some really cool wood in here.
Got a little bit of foliage, we'll definitely be
fixturing that out a little bit better.
But the water's a little cloudy.
That'll clear up in no time.
This is gonna be another turtle tank.
I really wanna put either albino red-eared slider
or really I would like to put some mata mata turtles
in here, I think they would be absolutely incredible.
And finally, this tank right here,
and again we'll put some more plants
and some other stuff in here,
but this is actually gonna be a little baby Bowser.
Well not so much a baby, about a year old.
So it's a cool little animal.
So I'm gonna let these guys set for a little while.
I did put about 82 degree water in here,
but I figure just give it maybe an hour or so,
something like that, before we put the animals in.
In the meantime, let's head over to BHB.
And I gotta be honest with you,
this area is a little bit sad,
because I enjoyed seeing all the animals in here,
and now there's just some remnants of emptiness here.
We're gonna get this cleaned up,
and we'll kinda make it a better lunch area for the crew
like it used to be, but for now
it's kinda just a disaster, and I guess I have
to go next door to see all these beautiful animals,
which I love anyway.
Okay, so let's go ahead and get Rick and Morty.
And honestly, this is a pretty huge upgrade
for Rick and Morty, I mean 75 gallons may be
a little extreme for such a tiny little turtle,
or should I say turtles, but hey,
they'll grow into it, and they're gonna be amazing.
I really can't tell you how many people asked
about Rick and Morty over the weekend,
saying can I see Rick and Morty?
Can I see Rick and Morty?
So I am so happy to tell you that if you come
to The Reptarium this weekend, you are gonna see
Rick and Morty in his absolutely beautiful new habitat.
Let's go ahead and release him in there.
(peaceful music)
Oh my God, look at those guys in there.
That is absolutely amazing, and even though
it's an absolutely huge habitat for him,
it still looks absolutely incredible.
I'm gonna be honest with you, it's way cooler
than I even expected, I mean this is great.
Oh my God, I can not wait to see--
I am so happy, I tell you what.
As we're putting more and more animals
in The Reptarium it just gets more and more exciting for me.
I tell you what, I love days like today
where I've been able to spend almost the entire day
just in the zoo, working on some things,
enjoying the animals, I mean this has been great.
And there goes Rick and Morty.
And away they go, yay, Rick and Morty!
Next up we're gonna bring over the little Bowser,
the year old alligator snapping turtle.
And my friends Ben and Lorenzo actually gave this
to me for my birthday a couple weeks ago,
and said you would love to put this in The Reptarium,
and look at this cheeky little monkey right here.
Oh my gosh, it is so cute.
Let's go ahead and release him into his new huge habitat.
And what's cool about this little dude is he actually
eats pellets off of tongs, which is gonna be cool.
'Cause again, that's something we can do
when people are around.
I've been saying, keep an eye on TheReptarium.com
for events, like this Friday at six o'clock,
we're gonna feed Lucy.
So if you're here this Friday, you're gonna get a chance
to see Lucy eat, and maybe even a couple other things.
And then Sunday I think I'm gonna bring RJ over
for an hour or two, probably around five or six o'clock.
So again, make sure you check on The Reptarium
for the events, like the movie night this Friday, too.
So anyways, let's go ahead and get this little Bowser,
who needs a name by the way, in his new tank.
(peaceful music)
Look at him in there, he is absolutely loving it, too.
Again there's gonna be lots of places
for him to hide, I'm sure he's gonna spend some time
in the corners and stuff like that,
but he's not gonna hide so much that you guys can't
come in and see him, and again we'll go ahead
and pellet feed him for everyone.
This is gonna be an amazing little thing, I love it.
I cannot tell you how happy I am
that now the turtle tanks are here.
And it's funny, because just having the turtle tanks done
kinda completes the aisle.
We had these kinda under construction.
It just didn't look real good,
so it's really cool, and again,
the water's gonna clear up, we're gonna do
a bunch of decorations in these guys.
So the next time you guys come to visit me
at The Reptarium, you guys can check these out.
I am just so happy these guys are done,
with no leaks, by the way.
You know I've been thinking, do you guys
want me to do kind of a virtual tour of the zoo?
I mean, some of you have already visited.
I've been showing you lots of things,
but do you want me to go cage by cage,
explaining what's in there, kinda going through
and showing you what the place is like?
If you'd like to, go ahead in the comments
and I'll do one of those tours in the next few days
or something like that.
I don't know if you guys are into it.
Are you gonna be bored by it?
So let me know what you think, if you like the idea,
I'll be happy to give you kind of a zoo tour,
cage by cage, and really go through what I'm doing,
as well as the stuff that I'm not quite done with,
that I'm gonna be adding.
So I'm super excited about all of that,
and with that said, I am gonna go ahead
and end the vlog here, and wish you guys
an amazing day, evening, whenever you happen to be watching.
Your support to me means the world to me,
and it's like I always say, I truly love you guys.
I'm not just saying that, I truly do mean it,
because without you guys I could not fulfill my dreams
like I am at The Reptarium, so you guys
are absolutely wonderful.
Can you do me a couple favors before we get outta here?
Can you smash that like button,
turn those post notifications on,
so you know when I upload a video?
Which is every day, seven days a week at
nine o'clock in the morning Eastern Standard Time.
Remember to be kind to someone today,
and I promise, I will see you guys tomorrow.
(soothing music)