- Oh, my God, that looks great.
(upbeat music)
I'm here with Paul Cuffaro.
- What is going on everyone?
- And he's about to help me set up my first tank.
So Paul, where's your hoodie, man?
I should probably get one.
It's cold.
- [Brian] And we're actually heading off
to one of my favorite local pet shops,
to get everything we need.
(door cricking)
- Dude, I'm not use to this, so.
(upbeat music)
- So Paul, I definitely want to set up something
like a clown fish.
I love clown fish, i love anemones.
That's what I'm kind of thinking is.
Can we find a tank that works for that?
- One million percent.
- This one is a lot more established.
- We're gonna have to get, (sound effects muffles speech).
- So we can't put fish in today, obviously.
- No, no fish yet.
- Tomorrow?
- No, usually it's like two months.
- Two, ah.
- [Brian] This is going to be a long video.
(men laughing)
- And we'll check back with you guys in two months,
but now, let's, keep going.
- It looks like this is where all the saltwater stuff is.
- I've never done any Marine fish and I don't know,
and you guys know that we're going to open an aquarium up.
This is kind of my first step into it,
I couldn't think of a better person to help us out.
So Paul, what do we need?
- This, right here has everything in the bag.
- [Brian] Okay.
- [Paul] Already all set to go.
You fill it up, you literally,
all you gotta do is, plug it in.
The pump is down in there.
- Oh, really?...
- Easiest way to go.
The red seas, which is what I typically give,
they don't have any in stock.
Usually like 2 plugs and its
- [Brian] Really?
- Oh my gosh.
I thought this was going to be difficult.
It might set up three of these today.
- That's best part about this is doing the escaping.
- Cool.
- The rocks, because then you get to figure out your route.
What do you want to make it look like?
- Now we've got the enclosure here.
- [Brian] Got stand and this is going
to look dope down there.
So, let's buy some substrate right?
- Yep, we're going to need the substrate first.
- Oh, substrate, yeah.
Forgot about that.
(hand claps)
- Everything you need bacteria-wise already in the bag.
- Wow. Wow.
(man groaning)
- Just kick-start it, pretty much.
- Okay.
So, a month and a half, not two months.
(laughter)
- All right, Brian, it's time to buy some coral.
This is the first thing you want to buy
before the water is even in.
- Really?
- Definitely not.
- I didn't think so. - Leave no comments there.
(both laughing)
- By the way, obviously you guys know Paul,
I'm going to put a link in the description,
all his stuff, go show him some love.
Tell him I sent you.
He's amazing.
He's been amazing forever.
I can't wait to show him the entire aquarium,
when it's finished.
Take a look at this.
They have a great selection of fish, and of course,
these are all clown fish here, stuff that I really want,
but there's tons of stuff.
And I'm huge about supporting local shops, right?
This is a nice local shop.
Paul, What do we got over here?
- Come here.
Panther grouper.
- It is huge, right?
- Yes, so you're kind of bumping
into the more predatory side of salt water,
but once we see this tank think.
There's also, I believe it's called a Bat Fish.
I could be totally wrong.
- [Paul] That right there, that big fish
in the back.
- [Brian] That's cool.
- I actually want to confirm right now just
to see if I'm on top of it. (laughs)
- Bat fish.
Well, it's almost like you know something
about fish.
- Okay, there's a more scientific name
but we're not even going to go there.
- Bat fish
- We're going to have thousands of gallons of tanks,
that will have some predatory marine fish.
As a matter of fact, you guys know all about
the predatory freshwater fish.
This is the guy that went viral all over the place
for getting knocked out by an arapaima.
- [Cameraman] I think I seen you on Joe Rogan, yeah?
- I did, I was, I got KO'd by a fish.
- KO'd by a fish.
I think Joe said you had a weak chin.
- Glass jaw.
If Joe said anything about me, I'd be happy.
So, I love it.
- I'll use any excuse to get new animals.
- So you get a combo price.
I'm going to save you more
- [Man] I get McDonald's right now?
- Yeah, what?
- Extra fries
- Sending, exam, established rock.
- So, you can literally put this in today?
- Yes, we will have rock, sand, water all today.
- Do you have any fake fish I can put in there?
- Sadly no.
- No, no, okay.
Well, I'm trying.
- This is all you.
I'm not going to make your decision
on what you want your rock to look like.
- I had never picked out rock before.
The only rock I picked out was that I bought
that little quarter carat diamond for my wife.
(laughing)
- Do you have a cardboard box
so we can kinda scape the reef fill.
- Yeah, of course.
- So we're going to literally scape out what we
- [Both] Want to tank
- [Paul] And then that's what you buy.
- [Cameraman] That's crazy they do combos.
- Yeah, I didn't realize they did all this stuff
- [Cameraman] I didn't know, I feel
like I'm a McDonald's or something.
- [Paul] Can I get a shake, please?
(laughing)
- So, do you want the rocks to be like in the center?
- You want a lot of flow openings?
'Cause once you get a wave maker, which we will buy as well,
that's what you put in the tank.
That'll kind of stir up any sort of fish waste
from under all the rock.
- [Paul] So, the more openings, we're fish can go through,
the better.
You can even put some rocks down first,
and then we'll work with it.
- [Brian] You put them on top or something?
- [Paul] Yep.
Something along those lines, you know what I'm saying?
- [Brian] Gotcha.
Then they have all those areas to go in and out of?
- [Paul] Perfect!
That should be good.
And then we'll work with it at home
and leave a little surprise for the viewers.
(box dragging)
- [Paul] We'll just buy this.
That tank's not big.
- Right.
- [Paul] So, this right here is going to be exactly.
You've seen these before.
- Yeah, this just moves water.
- Yep, just moves water.
- Awesome.
- That's all it does.
- Now we got to get a heater.
- I got the heater.
- substrate, heater, rock, wavemaker
and the tank.
I think we're good, Brian.
- This was way easier.
I'm telling, I thought we were going to be in here
for like two hours.
- Did you get any response for your first video?
- No I don't.
- Yep, we're going to need them to hit the like button.
- Yeah, go ahead and hit that like button (laughs).
Please do that for me.
And we can't forget the salt and the hydrometer.
- [Paul] Saltwater?
- [Employee] Yeah, we do.
We resell that gallon per gallon for snow chute.
Is that what you're looking for?
- Much better
- Thank gosh.
- [Paul] Instead of having this 50 pound bag of salt,
that we have to mix and then precisely
make sure it's the correct amount of salt,
we're just gonna buy it already done.
Brian, you're in luck.
Instead of buying this.
It's pre-made salt water.
- Creed? What does that even mean?
- It's just like, you know, pre it's already done.
- We mix it in water.
- It's perfectly (whistles) into the tank.
- I didn't know they did that, but that's cool.
Well, as you can see, Paul's teaching me a lot.
I am no expert, by any stretch,
but we're going to be hiring real aquarists
for the aquarium.
'Cause listen, I'm a reptile guy.
I don't know anything about fish.
Don't you worry when you ask how's the aquarium gonna run?
Not going to be me.
It's going to be professional Aquarists.
- Better than me.
- I was going to try to haul Paul,
but man at the price he gave me
Woo!
Way too expensive.
(register beeping)
(upbeat music)
- [Brian] How much? (laughs)
- You spent how much on that tank?
(upbeat music)
- [Brian] Don't fall.
Thank you, thank you, appreciate it.
- Thank you, sir.
(box dragging)
- Don't worry, I got it.
- [Cameraman] I think it doesn't fit in there, huh?
- [Brian] No, it doesn't fit.
- [Cameraman] Great day today to make tropical fish tank
in the snow, you know?
- It's just fantastic, you know.
I've been in weather under 45 degrees in about 15 years.
This feels great.
That's good.
- [Brian] I'm going to go talk to (muffled).
(tailgate closes)
- [Cameraman] What happened?
- Ah, it didn't come with a stand.
So, ah
(cash register rings)
- [Paul] Brian's got this one.
- [Brian] I got this one.
- So strong (claps).
He's a strong man.
(metal clinking)
(tailgate closing)
- Just going to have to drive careful.
- Yeah!
(wind blowing)
(upbeat music)
- You're doing great, Brian.
(Brian laughs)
- Oh, yeah.
(upbeat music)
- You know, I used the word PetSmart, I could help out.
(upbeat music)
(hand claps)
- And now it's time to get set up.
- [Paul] Yep, yep, yep.
- [Brian] Nope, nope (laughs).
- [Paul] They should retitle this video
watch Brian and Paul try to get a saltwater tank
- [Both] out of a box.
- [Paul] There we are.
- Woo, sheesh.
(box squeaking)
(laughter)
- [Paul] Look for the back.
- [Brian] Maybe we should put the the back
in the front.
- [Paul] Ooh!
- Wow, that is dope, man.
- Different layers of filtration.
Man, that's awesome.
- [Cameraman] We should put the back in the front.
- What's the first step, Paul?
- Let's see what's in this box.
- Manscape!
What do know?
(men laughing)
- [Paul] This is part of the filter.
Let's pull this up.
- [Brian] I say.
- [Paul] Start off with
- [Both] Substrate.
Do you have a knife?
Oh, that's a sharp knife.
Look at that.
- [Paul] Soothing.
- [Brian] Satisfying.
It's like you're playing in the sand castle.
- I know.
- [Brian] I am enjoying this.
You don't even understand.
I've never in my entire life had a salt water aquarium.
I mean how crazy is that?
- [Paul] This is a little bit of a change in content here.
- [Brian] It's awesome.
I love it, man.
I like it.
Let me know what you guys think down in the comments.
Should I change to a fish channel or what?
- [Paul] I always like to kind of, you know,
widening it out.
But having this much sand is nice, because you're going to
have a lot of different depths to
- work with - okay.
and the fish are actually to make it their own way.
- [Brian] Oh, so they escape it
if their self a little bit?
- [Paul] Yes, a 100%,
especially when you get like gobies and stuff.
So you'll get like different gobies
- Yeah
- [Paul] and they'll make their own holes
under the rocks.
- Rocks now?
- Rocks now.
Now, Brian, I'm going to let you scape
and I'll just kind of touch it up,
if I think anything needs to be fixed.
- I don't even know what I'm doing here, guys.
I mean, where's the heat pump?
- [Paul] You're gonna wanna leave some space
between the rock and the glass.
That way it's easy to clean.
- Right, that makes sense.
(upbeat music)
- [Cameraman] Dude, what are you doing?
- [Paul] You know, I'm trying to scape it
but we really don't have the craziest rocks
to work with.
Live rock, we got wasn't exactly
like certain shapes and sizes.
A lot of times you get some height,
we're just kind of rocking with just rock.
Rocking with just rock.
- [Cameraman] Rocking, dude!
- So, i actually got this fake coral
from my buddy, Big Rich, over at Ohio Fish Rescue.
what do you think that is?
- That is awesome!
- Really?
- Yeah, 100%, and it's actually a lot less maintenance
to have some fake stuff.
I thought it came with everything you need biological wise.
It doesn't.
When we go back and get water, we'll try
to scoop whatever we need.
- See, they duped me.
They said it was all there (laughs).
- It looks like it just came with this.
- That's not enough?
- No, no it's not.
(laughter)
(upbeat music)
- [Paul] Yeah, that's it (muffled by music).
Brian, we've got two more things to put in,
heater, wavemaker.
(plastic stretching)
(contents falling)
That wasn't supposed to happen.
(men laughing)
- [Paul] We could do better.
- Like seriously? You guys need help PetSmart.
- All right, cool.
All right, we'll let you know.
- Thanks
- [Paul] This perfect little size.
This is a perfect size.
There's a flow over here it's going to be coming out
from the pumps.
It'd be like here, pointing down at that circle.
So, it's going to be flipping it.
- [Brian] Heater, do we try to hide it somewhere, or
- Suction cup it out.
I'd put it right
(hand knocks)
- [Paul] Perfect, look at us.
Look at us, man.
- Woo hoo!
So, now we actually have to head to home Depot
because we have to get buckets so that we can go
back to the pet shop to get the water,
the pre-mix water, to put in
and then we should be good.
Right, Paul?
- Good to cycle, yeah.
- All right.
Now, only three days and I can put fish in, right Paul?
- Six weeks (laughs).
We're going to get Brian here.
- [Cameraman] Florida blood feeling nice right now, I bet.
- It's going to take a rock.
Whoa!
- [Paul] Oh, i nailed him, too!
Got'em!
That feels good!
It's like a refreshing hello world, you know?
(door closes)
- I think I'm on six
- [Paul] You got one of these caught, and
you got seven here.
One, two, three, four, five, six,
(men chattering)
(scanner beeping)
(register ringing)
- [Shopper] My 10 yr-old daughter loves you.
- Let's take a selfie.
- Can I? - Yeah!
What's going on, Tabitha?
I'm with your mom.
I don't know how we just ran into each other, but we did.
I'm in Detroit.
She's a great woman.
- Tabitha, can you believe it?
He's at Home Depot.
- I somehow ran into your mom.
- Well, at least I get to hang out with you guys.
(upbeat music)
(tailgate closing)
(buckets rattling)
(upbeat music)
- Filling up on some saltwater, fellas.
We don't have to mix anything.
(tailgate opening)
(buckets rattling)
- Lift with the back!
- [Brian] Whoa!
Take your time.
It's okay.
- I'm sorry, we're not open until 4:00 today.
- [Brian] What are you doing?
- Hey!
- [Brian] Hi!
- The water all slid to the front.
Oh!
(buckets sliding)
- It's cold back here.
- Not a drop of water on my floor or else.
- This is a big step.
(water pouring)
- [Paul] You've done this before?
- Yeah, man, I worked at a fish store when I was 15.
I did, really.
- [Paul] Did you for real?
- [Brian] Yeah, for like four years,
I worked at a fish store, yeah.
We're going to have a lot of extra buckets.
- It's going to be a little bit to clear up,
but after it clears up, then you could do your touch up.
So, like put your hand in there and, you know,
mix around or even get a little light stick
to flatten out the sand, get the sand off of the rocks
and stuff like that.
- [Brian] Gotcha!
We actually have some red light science ones,
to be honest with you.
- [Paul] Now, here its filling up the back.
Let it sit for a second.
Let it fill up this pump side.
See this?
It's slowly coming out of the water.
- [Brian] Oh!
(laughter)
- The filter plugged in the water.
- [Distorted] Perfect, look at us!
- [Brian] In the water!
- That's a great, start.
- First marine tank, Brian.
(men laughing)
- Yes, it is, actually.
(material flapping)
- Just kidding man
- [Paul] Look at that, man!
We're flowing!
- [Paul] Does it look clear?
- [Paul] Yeah, it looks great.
Better than Belle Isle.
- You're a professional tank filler upper.
- I'm a man of many talents.
- Pretty solid.
(lid closing)
(upbeat music)
- Oh my God, that looks great!
This is absolutely amazing.
It's, dude, this is like exactly
what I was hoping for, out here.
I didn't want something too big,
but it's just cool, man.
And look at how awesome it looks.
- That is a couple hours of cleaning.
- I know.
Isn't that amazing?
I mean, again, when we first put the water in
it was kind of cloudy and stuff like that,
now it's cleaned out, looking good.
Obviously, there'll be a lot more stuff going on
as it cycle.
What's my next step?
- I personally would give it like
at least a minimum of six weeks.
And then after the minimum of six weeks,
I would just start going with some hard corals,
Like corals that could take,
you know what I mean?
Not skeleton, no skeleton coral.
That's what they call them.
And then you can start breaking into like beginning fish.
You know what I mean?
I wouldn't go right off the bat and get yourself
like an anemones with a Nemo like, you know,
like a clown fish.
I would just start with very, like, small like gobies
- [Brian] Okay.
and then like get the tank all set up.
And then once you start seeing like algae grow
and you have someone that comes and takes care of it
and they say you're ready and then you can start
getting a little bit crazier things.
But for at least like the first year
you don't get anything crazy, coral wise.
- Salt water is a patient thing.
I can't, what am i going to do
with all the aquarium?
- It actually turned out way better than I thought.
- [Paul] It's not bad, right?
- No, not at all.
- This was absolutely amazing.
My first salt water tank.
Thank you, Paul.
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to all his stuff.
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