so today
I'm back in Detroit with my man brian baer check, and he's [taken] me [to] a very
special place to [his] free to his friend Steve Bashi
Tell me how you know this guy and what we're about to see literally
I'm not kidding you Steve
Used to come into a pet shop that I worked there was a little aquarium shop that I worked in when I was like 15
16 years old and Steve was maybe 12 13 and every day Steve would come into this pet shop at
4 o'clock after school and stayed till closed 9 o'clock every day. So he could just come and just hang out
He didn't work there
He just hung out with me and over the years he just grew [from] that fish Enthusiast to this monstrosity
[I] mean, it's crazy. I'm so proud of him folks Brian might look familiar
He's the host of animal bites as well as snake bites
And he also has his own vlog that he does on Brian fire Chuck
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So let's go find Steve and get this started this guy
[where] you going to put me off the strippers?
That's smaller. They don't deserve it
This is just we're gonna do just live monkeys
But we're going live on Steve tell us about your shop what you do and then show us around because this is [absolutely] incredible
what we do we do life support for aquariums anywhere from hundred gallon tanks to public aquariums now and everything in between so
This is where we do it start to finish
Nothing's imPorted everything's American-made American-made material
Kind of from my my mind to to the machines to the customer type thing
We're in Detroit. You've certainly been on my radar for quite a Few years. I've seen your stumps at trade shows
It's absolutely incredible. [I] had no idea that. This was the scale of your shop
Is my third shop first shop was 1,600 my first shop was my house my living room?
Brenton 1,600 square feet was my first
Kind of see what happens and that that got out of hand real quick that we moved to 9,000 square [feet]
For about three and a half years we outgrew that quick, and then I purchased my own building about three and a half years ago
18,000 square feet which we call headquarters here in Detroit, and we're outgrowing that already
so we just we [just] do what we do and we
[appreciate] everybody supporting us. It's awesome. You've got I don't know if we're going to be able to take in everything
But I'm noticing right off the bat you've got
You even do glass this is glass. So actually is actually it's kind of long start with that
we're doing a kind of a
Livestock room that
It's gonna be probably one of the top five in [the] us when we're done no see you just seen the birth of it
You're seeing a few things yeah
Roll room we just built right we have two 3D printers a lot of prototyping R&D
All right, you've got some CNC. Machines couple feces two lasers cutting right now. I?
[there] cutting right now can I take a peek?
doesn't pain
Yes, you can make
Whatever you want, [and] yeah, whatever whatever. I think of like it
I can make which is kind of scary these [days], but so there's no limits. We're always about
You know whatever you can dream up. We could we can kind of make it non-standard stuff. We don't do though so your
Cookie cutter stuff, so your your main Clients are actually public aquariums or no
I wouldn't say it's our main client it. Just were clients lot
you know hobbyists retail stores a ton of
Aquarium design groups [which] we've done it started at a hobbyist level absolutely [it] was it was actually [just] for customer [car] only did custom
When we first started and it just kind of kind of people start hearing about it and started requesting stuff
So we came up with our own
Hobbyist line Standard size and your shipping although, what are some of your hobbies stuffs that you got?
We'll take a look over there sure here's kind of a huge like that's cruel
reactor yeah bioreactor without the Media [I] [miscounted]
That's kind of a machining side yeah, and this just the production side of assembly gluing
Final touches Jeana's over there doing she's actually doing to find somebody on atMs tank
Yeah, this is crazy. That's a consistent shipment to New York
private home
We call plug and play all the bells and [whistles] yeah, obviously
So you've got a fluid ice filter there is that called man. No, it's actually my our own proprietary Media
I haven't made in Germany it took about a year and a half to get that accomplished
Yeah, because you got to have [it] neutrally buoyant. It's a different design
It's [si] has about 30% more surface here than called this no reason for that is I can make a smaller reactor
Work like a larger so more surface area yeah, different vintage different size a little smaller
We have a mate in blue and in red
To match all our stuff really. We're all about that. Yeah hiring a soup type [lik]. Here's a white [waste] going out
Oh, wow, [I]?
Don't it's almost like you want to just build a stand for it in this dismissal?
Just display it we get it all the [time] [people]
End up taking their drawers off
Yeah, what's the point of hiding this in a stamp don't get another one that'll be pretty cool once it mixes with the white flag
if you take a close look on the underside you see like a
Proprietary spray plate which quiets down the intake and actually spins the media even the holes are drilled on an angle. Oh
You know you're using a water pump as opposed to an air pump both
It's actually air fed from the bottom and water fed from the top so it's a [counter-current]. You know
Which is really [the] most efficient possible way to run anything is kind of current you have any of those running in the show I?
Don't love to see that
I'm Gonna have to
Yeah, yeah, hi. I'm here a bit early. Sorry
well
Yeah, look at that. That's all perfect everything's I mean this is all the details [ething] check out this next one. Yeah
I think it's kind of speak for itself
Here, so this is not seen before [no] all right. We won't we won't the customer hasn't even seen it yet
So we won't name names, but that's just I love it. I love it
No wonder they come to you though really [when] you think [about] that when you see your work here
Wow
Another fluid eyes filter is this all part of it
Oh, you do anything you want don't ya love it
no limits [is]
[this] gonna light up [my] human baby. That's gonna light. How does it you actually could if you wanted to yeah this all
Brian you got this guy in your town
Why don't you have an aquarium?
[I] want an answer right now [told] me he wouldn't he doesn't want to see him that uh yeah
He's not we don't like each other that much yeah, if I wasn't knew there was all hard right now
I mean if he brought me a tank. I probably put it outside that
by my garbage
I would I don't want this in my I would crack it before I mean I'm looking for quality you're not here
I'll get it. I'll get my tank from Home Depot that comes right around yeah
Work on a ton of job these coral viewers no
Boxes kind of you're seeing like [the] start of what's gonna end up looking like this
So I read your faces
Here just kind of it's literally an assembly line. Yeah
Love it
So on a busy day is there somebody at each station we were yeah, there's [tom] right there
He's doing it so [tom] doing it right going. Yeah. He's prepping for media Chambers. Here's the finished product. There's the kind of stuff
Yes, they're starting here get the bases cut removing the tape has a horse
Here we all are every station has its media chambers all departure always making something
This is the ultimate you
know
Aquarium hardware store, especially [if] you're ever looking to build something this is insane
And here's another one. Yeah, there's some big big boy custom ones
How did people how do you order you go to banshee [dock] we don't sell direct
So these are just through a dealer or I set up a count with us
Who's a good who's top three dealers for your products in the United states? Who [I'm] [Gonna] hurt anybody's feelings here?
Yeah, anything everybody everybody who ever want to come get it premium aquarium specialty champion
Okay, our brick and mortars are our troopers. If I go to your website can I get
Okay, so you don't sell the recs, but you can get it. What if you need something custom?
Still has to be ordered [to] do an authorized dealer, okay?
the birth of
What this is going to be of this [really] [just] is this going to be?
So where these stands are that's where?
Yeah, and they're going right on. This is exactly where they're going yeah, you get an idea just
[give] you an idea [standing] like this doesn't look like [that] many, but boy. Oh boy, and they're going to be livestock holding tanks
Thanks, these are all
One 20 by 48 500 gallon each and all the [life-support], you're going to see it again
[you're] just seeing the baby right so with these twos you can not only provide life-support systems. You can provide the fish as well
Oh really fish and [Coral]
We're actually doing like a Detroit reef club
So can be pretty much a club members only club to really take Detroit to the next level when it comes to Livestock
And you're heading that up and starting right here. What do we got going on here? It's [just] an old Montana kid
Did you build this back in the day?
No, no, okay. What's it look like I built that stan what's this is Joey's the head
Oh, that's all plywood do I voice yeah interests ass
Do I want you to the man cave? This [is] [where] the actions an action because we're [brian's] [at] he knows
What's a husband comes here? Yeah?
What oh you got the gray goose get the patron yeah. Yeah, you like the good stuff
Got a couple dead fish. Yeah
And then this were you gonna relax. Yeah, it's a little quiet man
Yeah
Invited over to watch games, sir. You know [harvey]. I'll take you. I know you've been [a] [good] [eye]. That is true
Yeah, it's true. That last one goes when you had a kid I was mad
It keeps going if you want to keep going it keeps going yeah, [three] point. This is what the lobby
You were joking when you said this is the real deal G-man you can't come to Detroit [I]?
Thought we were gonna end up in somebody's garage
That was eight years ago
This is just another little spot. It's at your office. Yeah, what?
Yeah, when I come over yeah
That office is insane that's crazy entrance those ipads on the wall
Your office better than my office, well my surrounded in aquariums. This is crazy. I love it
This is computer monitor. [is] that's your computer monitor. You're using windows of course you get a narrow screen, nigga fix two. Masks
very rarely in the office
Yeah, I'm out there working and [aliens]. That's why I have a lot [more] fun of that than sitting in a chair
six months and you'll see
You won't even recognize it really clean it'll also went on that's for sure yeah, I
Haven't slept in a Few years
[you're] [all] for the outro. No girl. [oh] no. I'll get you in it for [what] for you like
I want to thank you for coming. Oh, yeah
Yeah, yeah [offer] [a] [new] behind. We should do like that Kick dance
more booty [for] the fighters, but it goes over hair like this white
Yeah, I'm covered in everything fuck the whole probably just go to sleep. Just like a beatle just running through each again
Alright, well see I definitely want to thank you. You don't let me come here. I true. I really enjoyed your story
I started out [in] your you know your living room type thing and
Built yourself up nothing short of an empire here. This is amazing. It's definitely inspiring especially since you're one of us
I do it yourself fish keeper. I don't want it in just a fish door so yeah, I love it. Well again
Thanks for coming, and when you get there set up coming back. I'm back absolutely buddy
Awesome it you guys hope you guys enjoyed today's video. If not join me next Thursday, and I'll have something different for you