- Oh doggy.
We've got something special here.
Oh my gosh!
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You might actually remember
this enclosure was actually upstairs
and believe it or not,
salt was actually in this
and we actually ended up replacing them
with these enclosures here,
which are exact same size,
but they have the doors that open up,
that way we can access from the front
with salt and pepper in here.
It's hard to believe that salt and pepper
ever even fit in these enclosures.
Thankfully, I'm going to be able to use these enclosures
for what we just got.
But before I do that,
actually I have to build some stands for them
so that we can put the filtration and stuff like that under.
So, off to Home Depot we go.
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Okay so, back from Home Depot.
Got all the wood together.
I'm going to be totally honest with you,
this is all kind of being made as I go here,
I don't have a real good plan,
but I want these to be two feet off the ground.
There's going to be one on this side of the couch
and there's gonna be one on that side of the couch.
And then we can actually show you
what is actually going to go into them.
So let's just go ahead and put the Brian the builder hat on,
and let's build some stands.
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And as always, I'm just kinda winging it,
I don't really have a plan written down,
but I've got one in my head.
So let's see how this turns out.
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I always say that it's not important,
how the stand or anything looks behind,
it's what it looks like afterwards all right.
So, what you want is strength, right?
So essentially, this is the stabilization
that's going to hold the tank up.
You figured, 75 gallons of water is a lot of weight
so you can't just like have two by fours nailed together.
You have to have supports
that are going to support all the weight
and then we can go back and do a cool facade on it
so, this should work out good as far as the stability
so that it holds the tank level and all that stuff
and then, we just have to make it look pretty.
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And by looking pretty, basically what I'm going to do is
put these pine boards on it and then ultimately stain them
so that it actually looks like a professional finish
or at least a cooler finish.
And I want it to kind of match the decor of the basement.
So already it's starting to look pretty cool.
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All right, so as you can see,
we have a cabinet that's going to look pretty good.
Now we just have to sand everything up,
stain it so that it looks really awesome,
matches all the decor down here,
put the last hardware on,
and hey, that's just one stand down, one to go.
With all these finishing touches
that really make things come to life,
we want to stain this to where it's basically
going to fit in with the color pattern of the entire thing.
We're trying to decide:
Do we want to blend in or do we want it to contrast?
In this case, we wanted to kind of blend in,
but we wanted a little bit of a distressed look
so it looks like it's a little bit old.
So it's turning out really good.
And again, it's amazing how there's a concept in my head
and it's starting to come to life.
All right, now that they all look good
as far as the coloring goes, stain goes,
all I have to do is put the knobs on
and then we can put the tank on
and start to see what this thing turns out to look like.
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All right, so the tank is on.
So this is basically what it's going to end up looking like.
Obviously, we've got to clean it up and stuff like that,
but this is going to be on this side,
and I'll have another one on that side,
get all these tools out of here.
And this room is going to look really cool.
Cannot wait to get this finished up.
For now we actually have to go and get the filter,
it was just a Fluval Canister Filter.
So let's get that and put it under here
and see what else we need.
We're using the Fluval FX4,
which is the same exact filters that we use on Chopsticks
and all the other ones over on the other side.
So we've got all the stuff that we need here.
It's just a really good canister filter,
it fits under here real good.
So this will go under here,
but of course, what we need is intake and outtake
that go to this enclosure here.
So what we have to do is actually
head over to my buddy Steve over at Bashsea Aquatics
and get some bulkheads and some other materials.
So what'd you say we head over there
before we fill this sucker up, clean it up
and then we can unbox those awesome animals.
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So I'm actually at my buddy Steve's place.
He looks like he's busy with a lot of things here.
- [Steve] Yeah - Pretty crazy.
He's upset at me.
So he's got the parts for the filtration that we need.
So let's see where you're going to get it.
This place is crazy, I mean, look at this place.
These are all life support and just absolutely insane.
- I think, what you kind of asked for--
- [Brian] Yes
- You gotta glue some of it,
you gotta Teflon tape some of it.
- [Brian] Right. So?
- [Steve] I think from what your description is,
I think I'm somewhat right or close.
- [Brian] Right, so this is the bulkhead for this set.
- Yeah you said two tanks, two bulkheads, right?
- [Brian] Yeah. Right.
And then I think I will need two of these.
- Gotcha.
- [Brian] So, because I got--
- Oh, the other one is the return.
- [Brian] Yeah the return. - I gotcha, I do.
- [Brian] Yup yup. And then--
- You don't gotta yell by the way.
(Brian laughing)
- So weird.
- [Brian] I don't know if I need--
what is this for?
- Well, this is for underneath.
'Cause I don't know how you're attaching this stuff.
- [Brian] Yeah, that's exactly what I need.
You know what you're doing, man.
You're so smart.
- It's my first time. - [Brian] The only other thing
that I think is,
do have longer tubes than this, or no?
- I cut these up, I didn't even think you needed these.
Remember I asked you what comes with the Fluval
because I think it comes with the hose.
- [Brian] I think it comes with this hose,
that like, is corrugated
- Yes that's what it comes with.
- [Brian] Yeah. - But you can't
use that at all?
- [Brian] I think I threw it away.
- Did you really?
- How do you connect to the Fluval without that?
- [Brian] With this. This goes--
- Oh, 'cause I don't have much of that at all.
- After some deliberation, I think we've got it figured out.
I hope that we have the hosing we need,
but if we don't, we'll get that figured out too.
I'm not worried about it,
but this is what we need for the bulkhead so,
let's head back to the shop
and actually see if we can put this filter together.
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- [Brian] I really wanted these tanks to look great.
I want them to just be popping when you come downstairs.
And again, this is going to be the VIP podcast room as well.
So we ended up buying some really cool lights
that are really futuristic.
They've got UVB, they're just amazing,
you can actually set sunsets, sunrise,
you can set thunder storms,
all kinds of different stuff.
So we're just putting those together, putting it on top
'cause this is going to make those tanks look
absolutely amazing.
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Alright, so I have all of the filters hooked up.
Now I've got everything set here.
I just have to clean up the tanks, get some gravel in there,
then we can actually fill up water.
Let that run for a little bit
before our little monkeys get back in there.
So let's just go ahead clean some rocks up
and get the pebbles in here and fill it up with water
and pray for no leaks.
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Not gonna lie, I enjoyed this entire project
except for cleaning these rocks out.
I'm telling you what, these rocks were dirty
and it hurt to swish them around,
and it took a long time to get all the dirt
out of the pebble,
but you have to get that dirt out of there
so that the tanks actually are clean
and don't have any debris in there.
So I'll tell you what,
this is the one part of the project that I didn't like
and I am sure glad that is over.
Now the fun part, you get to fill these guys up
and make sure that the filter's working,
no leaks, all that other stuff
and we're one step closer.
We'll get the heater in here
and we'll let these run for a while.
I hope everything goes well, fingers crossed.
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That's the first tank is full.
So far, no leaks down here.
I did have the hose pop out a couple of times
and got water all over the floor.
But the actual filter is working, everything looks good.
We'll let this clear up and stuff like that.
And we'll move on to tank number two.
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Both tanks are filled up with water.
The filters are running.
It looks like it's absolutely incredible.
So it is time to put the turtles in or is it?
The truth is we actually set those tanks up a few days ago.
And now today, we actually have to head to FedEx
to actually go pick up the actual animals themselves
so we can actually unbox them
and that way the water is conditioned.
All the chlorine is out and stuff like that.
We also set up heaters in there,
they need to be about 82 degrees.
So what do you say we head over to FedEx?
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- [Woman 1] I did. - [Woman 2] Is it just one?
- [Woman 1] And I picked the salt and pepper.
- [Brian] Oh, that's awesome.
- [Woman 1] You better watch him on YouTube--
- [Woman 2] Over here.
- [Woman 1] It is fun to watch.
- [Brian] Yeah. Thank you so much.
- [Woman 1] Oh you're welcome.
- [Woman 2] You have a great day.
- [Brian] Come see us sometime, bye.
- [Woman 2] Bye.
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- Alright guys, we're finally back from FedEx
and I can show you what these are
and they are absolutely ridiculous, I am so excited.
Take a look at the first one right here.
Holy crap! This has been a dream animal of mine forever.
These guys are of course, the Fly River Turtles
sometimes called the Pig-nosed turtles.
They're actually native to
Northern Australia and New Guinea
and I had the pleasure of one day
swimming with these guys in Northern Australia.
And ever since I've been absolutely blown away
and I've always wanted, I--
Literally, one of the top animals I've ever wanted
is these guys here, Fly River Turtles.
They're almost like a sea turtle
with fresh water essentially.
They can get up to 24 inches,
these guys are about you know, maybe eight to 10 inches
so, absolutely incredible.
The thing that's great about that,
they're very social,
so when we actually open up the expansion,
we can have these guys on exhibit
and they'll come up for a pat.
You can actually feed them like little grapes,
they eat fruits and vegetables as well as like commercial,
like trout chow or turtle chow and stuff like that.
So they do need some protein,
but they will actually eat vegetables,
apple slices, pear slices, stuff like that,
right out of your hand.
This is incredible.
This one is absolutely gorgeous.
Let's look at the other one.
This is the second one here.
It's a little bit darker than the other one,
but the truth is that as they get older,
they really darken up anyways
and they get almost brown when they're adults.
But, oh my gosh,
these guys are absolutely incredible.
I am so excited to have these guys.
So I tell you it's a dream come true guys.
I mean, I've opened up a lot of things on this vlog
and a lot of things that I've been super excited about.
I honestly, this is top five animals I've ever gotten.
So we have a couple of these little monkeys.
They're going to go into the aquariums
that we already set up a few days ago
that are conditioned, ready to go.
What do you say we head downstairs
and go ahead and release these guys?
Now, keeping in mind, they're eventually
going to be in a giant enclosure
that's going to be open for the public.
But for now we want to make sure that
they're actually not stressed out,
alone and stuff like that.
So for the next few months at least,
we'll be quarantining and really working with these guys
because these guys can stress out pretty quickly.
But these are definitely beautiful.
Look at that!
Let's go ahead and let them go.
This, guy's got a little bit of scrape on his back
from the shipping and that'll heal up really good.
We'll keep a really good eye on it
and keep in mind, in these enclosures here,
which I'm going to put him in
and just let him swim a little bit. There you go.
These enclosures are just temporary, right?
They're not going to stay in here forever, obviously,
but for the next few months,
we're going to let them kind of just settle in.
We'll be able to keep a close eye on them.
And like I said, that little bit of a,
you know, kind of rub it happened during shipping.
That should cure up,
we'll go ahead and we'll put some medicine on it, we need to
and stuff like that, I'll have my vet take a look at it.
Make sure everything's good, but I think we're 100% good.
Look at this, are you kidding me right now?
Oh my gosh!
That is the most ridiculous thing in the world.
He is just, oh my gosh.
Ah, I absolutely love this.
I mean, this is like a dream come true.
I'm going to sit down here
and just look at these guys all day.
Let's put the other one in.
And of course this one looks almost like the hypo,
but the truth is, is it'll dark enough as it gets older.
There you go, buddy. Oh my God.
And they just seem to be in there again.
These have been set up now for the last few days
so the water is perfectly conditioned.
We've got heaters in here that are set at 82 degrees.
And again,
we'll go ahead and let these guys settle in for the day.
Maybe even later on, we'll try to feed them.
Hopefully they'll settle in to get some food.
And wow, this is just absolutely incredible.
I mean, look at that guys.
I mean this is truly a dream come true.
I mean, I hope that you guys enjoyed this whole journey
of making the enclosures, setting them up,
going to get them, setting them in here and let me know.
We need names for these two little monkeys too.
They are unbelievably cute.
I love them.
I'm just brimming with excitement right now.
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Have an absolutely wonderful day Reptile Army.
Remember be kind to somebody and I promise,
I'll see you in the next one.