- Hey everyone.
Cory from Aquarium Co-Op.
We're gonna feed Murphy live today, is what we're gonna do.
Mostly because we're here at the store.
We upgraded internet and we should be able to pull this off,
which is gonna be super duper cool.
So Murphy is MBU Puffer.
He's about 14 inches or so.
And today we're feeding him clams.
So that's what we've got right here.
Punky Pam's here, prototype, Danny's Aquariums.
So we're gonna feed 'em these clams.
So the goal is, feed 'em these clams,
which I'm gonna set 'em right here.
Hopefully it doesn't torture them real quick.
But we're gonna feed them clams.
And then we're gonna try and get the crabs past him.
So I'm gonna try to put those in the back
so they can do back there
because they need to hunt to keep their instincts
and stay intellectually stimulated.
So we're gonna pour in some clams here.
And watch him eat those real quick.
Hopefully he'll be too full to wanna eat much afterwards.
Don't eat my plant, Murphy.
But Murphy, my best friend, every morning at the shop,
well, not every morning, but every morning I'm here,
he begs me for food, and I thought, why not feed him.
Are you gonna eat?
Right there.
So while he's busy, I'm gonna pour these crabs in.
'Cause we don't want him to eat 'em instantly,
we want him to have to hunt for them.
So.
There, is he still eating there,
we're gonna put these crabs in.
I'm gonna put 'em kinda towards the back here.
So you can kinda seem them go in.
And so they hopefully will make a run for it
and he won't destroy them all in one go.
So these are fiddler crabs, they're a brackish water crab.
Uh oh, he sees them, he's leaving his other food.
You guys need to run.
See there, they're moving now,
so if they can get back in the rocks and everything,
he'll get to hunt them.
He leaves cherry shrimp alone because they're too small.
But, this let's him hunt
and keeps him stimulated and active,
'cause otherwise all he does
is he gets to interact with the customers
which is fine, but it's imperative that we make him
kind of blow through the sand and hunt for things.
So, yeah.
Go back for your clams, buddy, let these guys get away.
Uh oh, that one went on the clams,
that was a bad idea, Mr. Crab.
Right here, buddy, come eat these clams.
All right, finish that crab and come eat these.
Well that was part of my plant,
you can see he just tore my plant.
Right there.
So someone said, these crabs don't stand a chance.
That's kinda the point,
you don't want something that's gonna hurt
this animal either.
Do I ever take any of his shells out?
Nope, I leave them in there.
It's basically like making crushed coral.
Are you outta clams, buddy?
I think you are.
So it looks like, you know, enough of them got away
that he'll be able to hunt them later in the day
which is good.
I think he wants more clams though.
Let's see.
How's your belly doing, buddy?
Oh you're pretty full, actually, you're pretty full.
That's not true, he could eat more.
He's eyeing it, you can see him eyeing it.
Let's see if we can go behind the scenes real quick
and I'll grab some more clams here.
But this is the backside that he can't get to.
A lot of guppies, and you see crabs down there.
Can he pass the whole shells?
He can, yep.
He can eat an entire shell and then swallow it
and it comes out the other end.
Kinda made to do that.
What's the name of the store?
The name of the store is Aquarium Co-Op.
So I've got another handful of clams.
I'll spoil him here on camera,
just a little bit more.
And he can eat them frozen even.
(shell snaps)
I don't know if you guys can hear the snaps of the shells
and that type of stuff
because I'm wearing a lav mike at the moment
because it's kinda loud here at the store.
Did I tell, I haven't told Allie
that Murphy means sea warrior yet.
I haven't seen her in person yet.
We're located in Edmonds, Washington.
He doesn't hunt any of the guppies.
No, I think they're too small,
and he only wants things with shells.
(shell snaps)
You have a few more, buddy, right there.
So Jimmy's in the store right now,
filming fish for the unboxing video,
so that's why we're here.
Why are the old shells green?
They turn green from just algae.
We're got a lot of light on those tanks,
it's all live plants, and algae grows on 'em.
Right there, you got a couple more, eat 'em.
Or did I finally feed you two too many?
Are your guppies gonna need to eat those?
Yeah, he's definitely got
the Thanksgiving belly right now, for sure.
Is this pool filter sand?
No, this is CEMEX sand, I guess,
Lapis Lustre is what you would call it.
Obviously now, it's got crushed coral mixed in,
it's almost like an African cichlids mix at this point.
All right, well, I'll probably grab
those couple of clams out
and feed 'em to some other puffers we have in the store.
Oh, never mind, he heard that.
He's like, well, if you're gonna get rid of them all,
I'll eat 'em.
(laughing)
How old is this guy?
I think he's about 14 or 15 months old.
Oh, I can see a crab way in the back.
I don't know if you guys will be able to see it,
bit do you see up in the guppy grass,
way back there, that crab?
See, that's the good part,
is that he'll have a fun time watching it for hours,
and waiting for it to come out.
These are fiddler crabs that we fed.
You need to eat those two, buddy.
'Cause otherwise I'm gonna net them back outta there.
Right here.
Right there, buddy.
Come on, come over here, follow us.
Come on.
Yeah, see, you just couldn't see 'em.
There eyes are so far apart, they can't see underneath them,
so they have to line up the side of their face to see it.
So if you guys enjoyed it, give it a like.
If you hate it, give it a thumbs down.
Never really done a live feeding like this before,
but usually they're in our videos.
He is full now for sure.
He'll be lazy all day, customers will be asking, like,
why isn't Murphy doin' anything?
And it's like, well, we got in here early, we fed him,
and everyone got to enjoy.
All right, guys, we will see you next time
and let's see here, yeah, here I am,
so, I'm here in the shop, and we'll see you next time
and watch out for the next video.
Thanks for watching.