Everybody gets into this hobby for different reasons.
I think my obsession with this hobby began back in high school.
I took a Marine biology class, got scuba certified in college.
I spent a semester in Australia,
scuba dive the great barrier reef several times, and then fast forward.
My family ended up moving to Hawaii where we snorkeled almost every single day.
I think it's really important sometimes to just step back from all the,
how to content I make to just focus on some inspiration.
So we're going to look back over this year and visit three different places.
Just an FYI. Two of them were during COVID and one of them was before COVID.
So when you see me not wearing a mask that was pre COVID Marine Depot,
and my first fish tank are proud to present three Las Vegas tours,
one behind the scenes, one local fish store, and one public aquarium.
Hope you guys like it. Hey guys,
I'm here today in Las Vegas at the silver tin casino and lodge for a
backstage tour of their huge aquarium. If you haven't been here,
it's actually super cool. It's this gigantic aquarium.
As soon as you enter the main lobby, there's also a bass pro shops,
right next door with a bunch of aquariums there,
but I'm here today for a backstage tour.
So I can't wait to show you guys inside. Yeah.
Right?
Here's the silver tink casino. And here's the top of their mermaid day.
Take a peak. I just been getting the backstage fewer. It is, um,
real filtration and how much work they have to do. It's awesome. Anyway,
back at it
guys, I'm at blue reef aquatics in Northern Las Vegas.
And I wasn't even planning on making.
A video. No joke. I wasn't. I was just going to go in.
I asked him if I could take some pictures, they were super friendly.
So I looked around it is the nicest aquarium store I've ever been to.
Um, this, this isn't hyperbole. They're not paying me for this.
The people not only are exceedingly friendly,
their selection of live goods and dry goods out of this world.
I I've never seen a place like this. So if you're in Las Vegas,
seriously check out blue reef aquatics. They're in the Northern part of town.
Some of the nicest people with the most beautiful store, their display tanks,
crystal clear crystal clear. I mean, I,
I can't even describe you how beautiful freshwater, saltwater,
whatever you need. Check it out. Bluetooth aquatics.
That's enough of me talking. Let me show you guys around inside.
You're going to be blown away. No joke. You're going to be blown away.
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Before I show you guys the last tour of shark reef at Mandalay Bay,
a little context is important.
I shot this a year ago and it was part of this really fun day.
I spent where I walked 16 hours, 19 and a half miles.
And I walked into every single hotel on the Las Vegas strip from Mandalay
Bay up to stratosphere on both sides,
trying to find every single aquarium or fish tank possible. I found 10.
And by the end of the day, I could barely walk. My legs hurt so bad.
It was crazy.
If you're watching this at my first fish tank will be a link up here and in the
description below.
And if you're watching this at Marine Depot and you want to see my Las Vegas
strip aquarium hunt, it was, it was actually a really fun day.
You can just go to my first fish tanks, YouTube and type in Las Vegas,
and it will pop right up, all right. Back to the video.
Well, at least I saved.
The best for last we're here at the Mandalay Bay shark reef. Yeah.
Cost 25 bucks was pretty cool inside.
And this is the first hotel I started at,
but it was closed yesterday at 7:00 AM when I came, but it will be number nine.
So the grand total for all the fish tanks and ponds and everything that I found
were nine and would have been 10. If I didn't skip the, one of the.
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