- Woo-hoo!
(laughing)
- He's like, oh, I'll bite you!
- That's amazing.
Today is an exciting day,
because I'm heading down to Ohio Fish Rescue
to actually look at the very first fish
that I've ever bought
for the new aquarium expansion.
And I am at Ohio Fish Rescue.
My buddy, Big Rich. - How you doing bro?
Nice seeing you.
- [Brian] Dude, this is incredible,
these look totally different than they were last time.
These tanks are beautiful,
how big are they?
- 20 foot long, four foot tall,
three foot from front to back.
- Sheesh!
Look at the wall right here, it's 40 feet,
African Cichlids here.
Wow.
I'm always inspired, every time I come here.
- This is a West African Lungfish
and this is a Lungfish.
That's also a West African Lungfish.
- Wow, these are cool.
Just getting so excited about fish all the time.
It's like, I think about it all the time.
I'm still gonna be a reptile guy,
I promised you guys, I'm not going away from that,
but this is so worth the drive,
but there's something really special
I'm gonna show you in a minute.
- We'll turn him.
- Take a look at this, first off, I think
goldfish are underrated.
I thought about doing a tank that's just nothing
but these types of goldfish.
Where are the ones with big crazy faces?
- [Rich] This guy. - Yeah.
- Orandas, they have the big cap on their head
and that's called a win,
all the double fins and stuff,
that's just fancy goldfish.
Then you got the ones with the big eyes,
them are the Black Moors,
or the Celestial Eye which I have an orange one in here
with two big bubble eyes.
That's not Celestial Eyes,
they just have big eyes.
- [Brian] Gotcha.
- The Celestial Eye has the fluid-filled,
looks like a big bubble.
- Of course we've got an Albino Sturgeon right here,
absolutely crazy cool.
Now do these guys get just as big as the other ones?
- He can get up to about eight foot.
Different sturgeons, you get different size,
of course your big ones from the lake
can get 20 foot or something,
which I don't understand why they say
the Arapaima is the largest freshwater fish
when I've personally seen a 20 foot freshwater sturgeon.
- That is one big fish.
- You know, there's different kinds in here,
you got the regular Barramundi
and then you've got the Zahir Frontosa,
the ones with the black mask on their face.
A couple of the Barramundi,
but most of them are Zahir in there.
All these babies, the little ones that Josh just put in.
- [Brian] We got a Flowerhorn in here.
- There's Piercy-Eye, Goldsums,
Red Paste.
The Giraffe Nose, Six Pillars.
- Speaking languages I don't understand, Rich.
- Come on, Brian.
- So if you guys actually watch a show Tanked,
this was an enclosure that they actually built
for Dwight Howard actually.
Here you go, Tanked, that's pretty cool.
So he kept snakes in here, right?
- He kept two big pythons up top, you see the branches
and stuff for the snakes, I think those are just regular
community fish, the little fish in there
and he had lids on it. You could walk all the way around it.
There's the lids in the back or the doors, you can get
into the snakes and stuff.
Woodstuck ended up buying them and then he donated
to us for an auction, we did that and the tank sold
for like 4,800.
We kept the proceeds from that
and the winning lady, six months later
still hadn't picked it up. Greg called me and he's like,
you gotta get this thing out of here.
I was like, you know, I can't do nothing with it.
I tried everything. If you want it, just got get it.
I'm like, oh my God, thank you.
So we were given the tank and the money.
- Good stuff.
- I'm just gonna throw this in for the Cichlids
and then Brutus will come over.
- Of course Brutus is the big Arapaima
which by the way we're about to see the fish
that I actually got.
The first fish for our aquarium here.
The hint.
We're gonna get an opportunity to get in here
and get up and close with Brutus,
the Arapaima
and all these other amazing fish.
Do a little swim around in this amazing,
amazing indoor pool.
And in this pond right here is the fish,
the very first fish for the aquarium expansion.
He's hiding under here right now,
Big Rich is actually gonna go and get some food,
maybe get him out so we can see him.
I am so excited about this.
Take a look at this fresh water puffer right here.
Holy moly, look at the size of my hand.
That thing is giant.
- She's actually smaller than the last one we had here.
He was like 30-something years old.
We had actually gotten her for him,
so you know, he'd just have some company,
and she went after him so we had to separate them.
Now we've just got Lavaki here,
she's a MBU Puffer
and that is spelled M-B-U Puffer,
a lot of people call it MBU Puffer,
but it's actually pronounced "Mah-Bu".
- That's amazing.
Is that an electric eel?
- I pet him already today.
- [Brian] Look at that,
that whole, tell you what, I like him.
I think they're really amazing.
Has anyone ever gotten zapped by him here?
- Yeah, when we were handling him and that kind of stuff.
We throw food in there for him,
but we've got probes in each corner here,
he lights up this LED sign.
- Oh really?
- If he goes after that food and once he bites it,
it's (lighting cracking).
- You see this light just going crazy.
- Now, Ohio Fish Rescue is all about helping
other people with all kinds of different things.
That's why there's a ton of people in here,
they're always giving stuff to people,
they're helping people, they're helping us
with the aquarium.
It's so great to have these guys around,
they're just great people. If you want to support them,
I'm gonna put a link in the description.
Take a look at this beautiful Arowana up here,
you got Albino here,
iridescent sharks, albino red tail catfish,
albino Oscars,
this is like the albino tank here.
Albino...
It's pretty cool that this is the albino tank
and there are some giant fish in here, wow.
Hope you guys are enjoying it as much as I am
because this is absolutely incredible.
- I asked them to take you in back
and to see the Jao.
He's five foot long and his head is this wide.
- Is there a Jao catfish?
- This one is and that's a goonch.
- You're saying these could eat men?
- Yes, they're one of the seven-known
fresh water man eaters.
The goonch is known for grabbing people,
taking them under, kids and small dogs,
takes them underwater, drown them,
packing them on the side of the river
and come back and taking bites
until you know, it's rotten and then they...
- Oh my God, I like them, but I'll keep my distance.
You guys know I've got Mike and Ike
which of course are the Fly River Turtles.
They have one giant Fly River Turtle here,
they have another Fly River Turtle,
little guy right back over here
that's about the size of Mike and Ike,
maybe a little bit smaller and then of course
over here where our beautiful fish is,
oh by the way there he is!
Take a look at this, guys.
- But look at this coloring on the sides,
so you can get him sideways here.
- All right.
Look at that, careful, he's going under.
And of course that's an Arapaima.
The fish that I have fell in love with,
as a matter of fact, every time I've ever seen
an Arapaima, I've loved it. It's one of my favorite fishes.
- Who doesn't?
They're awesome. - I love Arapaima.
So that's it, guys.
The very first fish for the aquarium is here
at Ohio Fish Rescue.
- It's got the power.
- I know, it's still only like half grown.
It's gonna get bigger and so that is cool
and that's why I wanted to come down here,
to actually see it.
I won't be able to take it obviously,
for a while, they're gonna keep care of it here,
which I do appreciate, Rich.
The other Fly River,
in with that, oh my gosh, that is incredible, wow.
So this is a 4,400 gallon tank right here,
I've actually fit inside this.
- [Rich] Yes.
- [Brian] I've actually swam in this tank.
Iridescent Arowanas.
- This here is Schwarzenegger,
he's a gold iridescent shark
and he's coming up here,
he's gonna turn sideways right now for us.
We have Arowanas at the top, clown knives,
ripsaw catfish, our terashuki.
We got Giant Gouramis here,
regular tin-foiled barb and this is a lemon barb.
That's a pilla down there.
And then there's Oscars on the back wall.
There is an Atlantic tarpon right here.
- Oh that's the Atlantic tarpon, wow!
People get Pacu because they think they're really cool
and they're small, almost look like a little bit
like piranha, but this is how big they get.
I mean look at the size of these Pacu.
Holy moly!
- [Rich] That is Betty in the back, back there.
- [Brian] Right.
- We saved her out of a 125 gallon tank.
- A 125. - Like a year and a half ago.
- Oh my God, she definitely needs more
than a 125 gallon tank.
- Yeah, she couldn't turn around in the tank.
- Remember when we were at Aquashella,
we actually saw the Black Diamond Rays,
definitely want to get these guys in too.
This is pretty cool.
So we got these, we got, these are little Arapaima,
right?
- Baby Arapaimas.
- How old do you think that is?
- Eight months.
- Eight months and they're that big.
You said in about two years they can be four, five foot.
- Four foot.
- Oh my gosh, that is absolutely incredible.
Got out first Arapaima, definitely want to get
a few more, because we want to have the opportunity
for you guys to feed them when you come.
One of the most crazy experiences in the world.
You actually pushed me in last night.
Guys, I'm gonna feed the big Arapaima brute,
there's Brutus, come on.
(laughing)
- I would never!
- Big Rich would never do that, never do that!
And it's the time that I always like,
every time I come out here,
I get a chance to swim with these guys
and every time they get bigger and bigger.
These Arapaima are absolutely massive.
The water's a little chilly so let's go ahead and get in.
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So lucky, if I'd tell you,
being in a pool like this with all these giant fish,
with all the African Cichlids,
everything fits absolutely,
it's a dream-come-true.
I wish I had this swim in my backyard.
Again, we'll have some swimming opportunities
with stingrays,
we're opening a big swimming pool like this,
this is awesome.
Everywhere I look is just so cool,
of course these are a bunch of Discus,
a bunch of different colors.
Discus fish are just one of my favorites.
I used to keep one when I was younger,
Lori loves Discus fish.
It's absolutely incredible.
By the way look at the Arapaima climb up,
look at that, oh my gosh,
he needs a name by the way, it's King Arapaima,
about four and half foot or so,
leave his name down in the comments,
let me know what you think.
The first fish, the first fish right there,
of the aquarium, I could not be more excited.
And you know what the Vlog House or the Aquarium House
as we're calling it, these are the fish that are gonna
go in the tank that separates the kitchen
from the living room here.
All these colorful African Cichlids,
just like this, I just think it's an absolutely
amazing display.
They almost look like salt water
because of the colors, but they're fresh water.
So you're gonna see this and that
and that's gonna be happening here
within literally just the next two or three weeks.
Can't wait to get back and start working
on that house, it's gonna be cool.
So for you guys that have been asking,
when is that gonna be available?
We're open by the middle of the end of November,
we'll be able to be an Airbnb,
the Vlog House, if you want to stay there.
Reach out to us, we're happy to help you!
This is actually an albino sturgeon right here.
Oh my gosh, that thing is cool.
That fish is gonna get ginormous!
It's a freshwater sturgeon fish,
one of the largest freshwater fish on the planet
and look at that, albino.
Definitely gotta get some of those.
I gotta get everything,
I'm starting all over just like I did with snakes.
- [Rich] You got him, look at him go!
- I need to get out this Moss Turtle,
it hides behind this backdrop right here
and we just got him out.
Look at this little mushy right there,
he's absolutely beautiful.
Look at him.
He's like, oh I'll bite you.
Look at his face right there.
- [Rich] I've never seen him open his mouth before.
- Definitely don't want to get on that side,
he's got a pretty powerful little punch right there.
That's okay, buddy.
Here, I'll let you go, go swimming.
How awesome is that?
- [Rich] Where are you planning on putting them?
- Are you gonna put him out now?
- [Rich] Yeah.
- Oh geez, we gotta go get him then.
(laughing)
Where did he go?
- [Rich] And Brian is on the hunt.
- I had him in my hands and I let him go!
- [Rich] Waiting for the perfect opportunity.
- He is so wedged right now.
- [Rich] He went underwater.
He's wedged in there, that's for sure.
- Almost had him, almost!
- [Staff] Is he grabbing his tail?
- [Rich] Yeah.
There he goes, look at him go!
He's grabbed him by the tail, like you're coming with me.
Brian is 100% the man when it comes to reptiles
and whatnot, but he's got little to learn
when it comes to the aquatic side.
He's gonna be jumping in his own tanks.
- I know, right!
- [Rich] It's a whole new world.
- I'm glad I got this little guy.
He was wedged pretty good,
but he is a beautiful animal.
He's going into a different enclosure for the winter.
All right, you're coming out with me, buddy.
That was absolutely amazing. Oh my God, what a good time.
He had to get out, but you know, speaking of out.
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