Aquariums: The Army Showed Up To Our Public Aquarium…

The Army Showed Up To Our Public Aquarium…

good morning everybody Welcome to the
Vlog today we have our reptile army
soldiers and they’re going to be helping
us clean some cages over at the
reptarium or over at Legacy the rep
side all right so let’s figure this out
yeah we don’t really have a perfect plan
or any plan for that matter can’t get to
that cage right now because of where it
is I we can move this one this is on
Wheels I got you yep we’re trying to get
everything figured out but unfortunately
fuses keep blowing okay got extension
cords
bot This is Your Bucket I can throw it
in here for you all right where you want
it in the corner right in the middle
right in the middle good job Soldier all
right T down notice his inclosure is on
Wheels and he’s like where am I going
heck
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yeah we got a handful of people coming
out here sacrificing their days
sacrificing their time better of the
reparum the Legacy they’ll always know
that they’ve been a part of cleaning
this cage and cleaning that cage every
time that they visit and also we have a
little surprise for them that they don’t
know about that’s
a cuz I got to find a special place for
that stay tuned because we got to get
into that my name is guy I’m part of the
reptile Army I’m here today because uh
the Legacy put out a call for help this
is something I really believe in I think
this is something that’s much much
needed in this area in any way I can
help to get this thing stay off the
ground and going it’ll be here for years
to come for many generations to enjoy I
think starting from a very young age
I’ve always been into animals right I
used to chase garter snakes and frogs
and snapping turtles it was just
something always clicked with me over
the years I developed a little bit of a
hesitancy towards snakes and I think
just watching this channel helped me
overcome that a little bit helps me
understand them I’ve always been into
the aquatics reef tanks koi ponds you
name it just felt it was like really up
my alley what’s up guy hey what’s going
on so um I heard that you’re going to be
ready to shower down this cage sure I
also wanted to ask you yeah what’s your
favorite Diner Drive-In or die flavor
Town jeez you’re really uh put me on the
spot my wife’s a great cook at home so
we don’t really go out to eat much lucky
man I cook myself that’s why anyway this
is actually the first cage that you’re
going to be hosing down you beat
everybody I want to see you spray your
down got to turn the water on is it on
no it’s not on I’ll have to turn on
oh okay I guess I’ll give you the honors
you work for it we go
Rachel yeah where you at how’s it going
good what you doing I am scrubbing with
an ittyy scrubbing R yeah I was going to
say you want maybe a toothbrush might
work better but we make do with what we
have that’s right we make it work about
Midway through how you doing on to the
last bit of scrubbing on to this side I
got this whole side down you probably
have the hardest enclosure right now
there’s a lot of creases I don’t know I
guess it’s all mindset really is that
hard or is it well there’s more there’s
more surface area than the other
enclosures for sure right I don’t know
man you seem up to the challenge you
looking like you’re into it yeah I think
I got it nice you’re doing
great you want us to point out if there
any leaks in there is there leaks
there’s a few leaks wouldn’t be a day at
Legacy without a few leaks am I right
thought I smelled onions oh leaks like
the
onion okay so I see a little puddle
developing here and a lot of puddle
develop in here the good news is is
these have to hold reptiles and not
water the bad news is is that every time
we clean these there’s going to be water
on the floor how are we going to know
one two yep we got some right here too
all right well thanks for all your help
guy you’re crushing it but we’ll add
another thing to do to the to-do list
fix the leaks what’s up dude not allow
just you know maintain crush it in here
huh this is a nice enclosure I feel like
this should make a good bedroom for you
yeah man I I set the TV right here the
PS5 right there oh you have it mapped
out already you’re ready to stay in here
maybe if we do a a 24-hour challenge
we’ll get you in here oh I’m down o
maybe it last to leave with you guys one
day would be cool whoever leaves the
enclosure last wins oh yeah man I’ve
camping out here for a month my name is
Abe Al just call me AB I’m here giving
back to Brian and the team cuz he’s done
so much for us and for the reptile Army
and for the reptile Community he’s
literally the modern day Steve Irwin and
he’s done so much for everybody and you
know the least we can do is pay him back
and keep his legacy alive I’m going to
be here opening day I’m going to be
camping out like they did at GameStop
when all the games just to come out
Christmas time everyone’s faces the
smile and the Joy on everybody and the
hard work every everybody put into
including us you know we’re here
volunteering helping out you know it
just means a lot to me cuz when I met
Brian he was literally the purest soul
out of anyone I’ve ever met literally
give you the clothes off his back you
know it sucks these things happen to
people who don’t deserve it I looked up
to Brian literally like a father and
that’s why I’m continuing his legacy and
I want to breed my own reptiles
eventually and I’m actually getting a
tattoo of Brian in honor it’s going to
be a ball python wrapped around here and
the head is going to be coming out here
it’s going to be black and gold Highway
ball Pon you’ve been around a bunch of
times you’ve been in some videos and
stuff too you’re you’re you’re not just
a friend your family and you’re part of
the reptile Army forever bro salute of
course man I love you dog love you too
bro so the other day this guy Garden
State Pythons actually had a tour from
Young Jay or Jay tingle and he gave us
this shirt look at the back Brian’s army
with all dad’s favorite animals dude Ben
and Jerry salt and pepper Bella oh
that’s sick dude with all the helmets
and stuff and he had the logo made and
obviously it’s like Ran’s Army the
reptile Army type thing he actually said
like if we wanted we could have this
logo so drop some comments down below
let us know should we make reptile Army
merch with this I’m leaning more towards
yeah I think it’s pretty cool I saw it
this morning I was like oh yeah I forgot
I had this I think it’s a perfect day
for it having them on the front having
them on the back maybe having her own
thing I don’t know but I just want to
say that before these are even up uh
reptile army.com join the Army
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looks to be a little mud down in the
corner so we’ll flush that out he really
is that guy as guys finishing out here
let us work together and pick out what
enclosure we want him to do next I think
he’s like a cop or something he’s very
maybe a private investigator you never
know he could be a pi okay well let’s
not be stupid I’m walking all the way
over there why doesn’t he just do the
vertical one that’s right next to him
duh I’m coming in I found a brush for
did you do the whole thing already
started going like just under these I
got little under Haven done this part
yet well I can fit under there pretty
good so all right I got to be like
George Washington I may be the president
but I got to get out the field and uh
fight alongside the should the soldiers
you’re seeing shoulders a lot today I
think I’m uh broken
out it’s awfully quiet over by guy I
wonder what’s going on over here what up
guy think I’m moving on to the next one
here moving on to the next we can even
work on this one right here if you you
want do that one or you could do that
one if you like oh let’s do that one
that’s even better perfect let’s get in
there not only guy done but he actually
picked another enclosure toor on that’s
even smarter the one right next to his
that is literally right next to his what
a guy what a guy you want to talk to chz
what up bro my dude Ty he follows the
channel what’s up you’re on the channel
right now bro say hello good to see you
too bro wish you were here but thank you
for calling bro my name is Brian Capen
I’m a part of the reptile Army and I’m
here to support Brian’s cause and the
crew dedicating their work to the Legacy
and be able to help with that is amazing
and I’m glad I can help from akan Ohio
about like 4 hours what time did you
leave this morning like 4: or 5 he’s the
dude that really got me in the reptiles
I wouldn’t be where I am like with my
breeding projects and everything that
I’m doing being working at a reptile
store sooning all that wanting to have
it without him well I’m telling you I
know he’d be super proud that you were
even here we appreciate you so much he
was here uh yes we all do and uh
actually I got a little special thing
for you come follow me real quick so he
might not be here but you can always
give him a little high five when you
come visit the Legacy and say hi that’s
cool Isn’t that
cool it’s heavy right yeah 1989 when
Lori and Brian first got together so
that’s when this whole journey began you
guys do another one I’ll probably be
here hey we appreciate you bro thanks so
much just the shark is huge it’s
ridiculous right I heard you said you
were really into reptiles what do you
keep at home right now six crust geckos
two to geckos black and white kgu I have
a Nile monitor baby still like 20 25 in
I have two your mastics that I’m
breeding everything I have pairs of well
keep up the great work I’m sure if
you’re doing as good as work here as you
do at home I’m I’m sure your reptiles
are very happy with you thank you you
guys having fun bonding yeah it’s like
the brother I never had bar my brother I
that’s why we brought you here you have
a lot of brothers nothing better than
spraying down an enclosure though right
it feels so nice when you see it Sparkle
this one’s going to look real nice for
whatever’s in going in here I think
we’re going to do Rhino iguanas in here
I think that’ll look the cool yeah they
got a lot of basket spots yeah climb
around a lot Diddy and Dixie are great
they they want a new inclosure anyway I
think this one would work perfect would
you like a bigger brush or do you like
your little brush no I would love a
bigger okay let me get you a bigger
brush there got to be one somewhere hey
hey thank you there’s got to be a better
way little different little different
ins size yeah it’s it’s about how you
use
it sit at home after school watch an
Animal Planet yeah and I would watch
Brian on snake bit exactly and then now
look it with it’s crazy like really like
he he broke my fear of snakes was my
first snake so really yeah Isn’t that
cool and how many more people that will
be their experience this place is
awesome oh Rachel could have used you a
little bit ago she was scrubbing that
old cage with a toothbrush do a good job
she did a great job that’s all that
matters yep yep I got her another bigger
brush too so it all worked out so far we
got this one’s about to get sprayed down
the the one next to it is getting
sprayed down guy’s already done with his
and on his second one and Rachel’s
finishing up her how’s the big brush oh
my God such a difference funny as soon
as I got you that Lori brought over like
six more big brushes so so we got more
for now it’s all right that’s good good
my name is Rachel Marciano I am a big
part of the rep Army and I am here
because the reptarium changed my life I
have a husband who was terrified of
snake and I love reptiles always wanted
the snake bringing him to the reptarium
and having him hold snakes and I mean
everything he held insects which he
hates and that completely changed his
Outlook and he was like let’s do it
let’s get a snake he loves the snake and
I mean that snake as crazy as it sounds
has been like a big emotional support
for me um so it really changed my life
I’m most excited for the reptile huge
reptile nerds especially all the snakes
I have my membership I’m going to be
here opening day and as many days as I
can past that let’s get blasting oh that
was that was really anticlimactic though
all right let’s get
blasting Miss that’s the that’s the
missed one Ready Cut nope now it’s
another side of pamp you’re getting the
enclose your wet action perfect the six
time is the charm they say that’s the
say wow like a fresh rain up in the
mountains huh you know that’s what they
say nothing like a fresh rain up in the
mountains age old saying it’s old as
time listen to it listen to it oh sound
of nature that’s nature how’s it going
it’s going it’s going a little dark in
there it’s a little dark H it’s a little
better what’s the percentage looking
like touch that side yet I haven’t
touched wow just the the nooks and
crannies we really just started this one
okay do you remember this one though I
haven’t seen it since we got it look at
the throne how cool what you put in here
J tingle tingle’s going to come here
work that’s just thrown looks like
Rachel made it to the final step yes
awesome keep crushing I can’t wait to be
able to come back and say that like help
clean this enclosure we clean this one
and this one favor enclosure out of all
of them well that’s the best and that’s
what I love about these types of days
where we have you guys come out the
ownership that you guys feel from it is
awesome you
know what are you doing more slack I’m
sorry one second I’m Sor sorry crew is
actually crushing it right now we got 1
2 3 4 and then guy uh he’s related the
guy f um is in the fifth one right there
you want to give some direction to the
crew which ones are top priority start
Max is starting on this little one right
here and I figure we can get the biggest
guy it’s in the littlest enclosure oh
you know you know what okay so we have
to wait for these plugs to get turned on
so why don’t I unlock a couple of these
and we can shift that way let’s do
it yes put the tape doing the gift WRA
on Christmas dirty Christmas o this is a
cool one double bions yeah that is cool
you worked really hard you had a small
brush for a while yes I did well thanks
for all the hard work detail brush of
course another one down great job thank
you appreciate you so much uh everyone’s
moving on that way getting on to their
next enclosure so I guess vacuum you
need right yeah I think this needs a
good dump man the wet back yeah last
time we dumped this here it was filled
with Orbeez you remember that 1 million
of them
there you
go I got to go
pee you going to just
watch how’s it going Bri good just got
to get some water how they doing fer
good
job oh my goodness what are you doing
I’m just setting up for this one and
know we’re getting done with all the big
ones which is good yeah might as well at
this point let’s just clean the ones we
have access to and then we’ll figure out
the other ones later reptile Army you
guys are crushing it out here we love
you guys we appreciate you thanks for
all your hard work and uh who knows
maybe in the future we’ll do this again
and you guys can come out and join and
help us how you feeling guys feeling
good feeling good are we done yeah I
just got to suuck this one out oh my God
you are crushing it today dude crushing
it right heck yeah
we’re vacuuming water out oh cuz it was
dripping down the Walls now it’s on the
bottom we just sprayed it all down baby
now pretty much where we’re at right now
this one’s done yeah there’s quite a few
not on this this one there’s only that
just that one yeah you see it dripping
and the back too how am I supposed to
know where it’s coming from in that well
oh God there’s a lot of water in there
yeah he’s going to he’s vacuuming it out
right now he’s just waiting for the wet
back see a dripping here too obviously
they’re not going to get sprayed like
they are
today still it’s just something to pay
attention to up yeah it’s his first time
like looking at things like he’s looking
at the tank he’s looking at the wall
really taking it in not just like
sleeping through it what do you see so
this is actually his first oh okay
obviously we’re here taking a little
step away while they work it is really
cool I mean it literally took Mike and
Connie like hours to do one and the fact
that we’re crushing and there’s like
there’s probably almost 10 done by now
and it’s we started at 10 honest we
started at like 11: yeah like 11: so
it’s been like an hour and a half and we
literally almost have like 10: done so
it’s just huge shout out to you guys we
would also love for like more people to
come out not just to like work but it’s
cool to like meet new people to hear
their stories I was talking to Abe he’s
came around the rep T him a lot but
still just talking to him getting
further knowledge of his story and I
didn’t talk to Rachel I didn’t talk to
her I talked to Rachel she was great I’m
sure she sheet she was great she’s sweet
and she’s great also AB Gardens like
ab’s a gardener he but no like he’s got
like he can teach us some stuff we’ll
have to have a by by the house I want
more of you guys out here just helping
out like him help out you know
electricity come zap it up that’s all I
really have to
say water electric
check oh the thing locked off what do
you mean it locked I don’t know roll it
back that wasn’t that was insane I think
you have to have the jet a really blast
this is my favorite
part what up babe ready for uh wet back
ready for wet back how you doing ra
doing good what you got going on you
brushing yeah and then you got to hose
it down yeah heck yeah keep crushing
you’re doing a great job new brush I
know you got a nice one though yeah I
like this it’s like the other brush but
bigger looks like Jay’s about to show up
what’s up oh my What’s Happening Here
well I uh we enlisted some of the
reptile Army to come wow it is Dusty huh
but yeah I invited some of the okay some
of the reptile Army to come over some of
the reptile Army came over and they’re
helping us clean the enclosures oh let’s
go say hi all right is Melissa helping
clean repti in I don’t think she is I
don’t think she is either my hands are
that’s okay so are mine Rachel nice to
meet you good job we appreciate all your
help a couple times oh I’m Jay yeah I’m
cry and Jay nice to meet you
again I’m Jay hey oh I didn’t know he
was going to be here now we got a whole
party yeah well I just came to tell you
good job thank you so much we appreciate
all your hope oh we appreciate you I’ll
turn this back on for
you psych who else is here uh some guy
another guy yeah what’s your name I
thought that was Jay I’m guy guy J I’m
Jay also Jay twins guy yeah we
appreciate you open you’re one hell of a
guy you have a mutual uh sorry con
contact connection youo Mark Rosen
animal man yeah that’s my guy no that’s
your guy oh well yeah you’re my guy
these guys know I actually have a little
surprise for them let’s start with our
buddy Abe over here yo AB we got a
little present for you all right here’s
this boom so that’s actually a free pack
the opening day okay we got your email
we’re going to send you the code but
just hold on to that for now I
appreciate it you’re welcome let’s go
give next guy the prize oh I got
something for you okay here you go
that’s a free pass to opening day all
right I’m going to have to hold on to
this I got to find a special place for
that I know I figured I Tred to give you
a big rock in the center C for your car
that’s where I’m going to keep this yeah
I’m going to be digging for a while in
there dude keep that my man take this
that’s a free pass to opening day all
right okay so uh we thank you thank you
we just wanted to thank you for your
participation you rock thanks for the
roack Rachel I got something for you
that’s a free past opening day we’re
going to send you a coupon code awesome
thank you you’re welcome thank you for
your help it looks very comfortable in
there oh I’m feeling great yeah okay bye
I I got you something man what’s this
this is for your help it’s a free pass
to opening day nice we’re going to email
you a a code all right all right thank
you for your help we appreciate you
awesome just want to say you
rock the pizza P crew Pizza P
ooh I’ll just take this one yeah that
one says J well guys we’re starting to
pack up these guys did awesome aome I
mean I couldn’t be more happy we all
couldn’t be more happy this enclosure
this enclosure this enclosure this
enclosure all the way down to there are
all done like I said these guys are
rocking it all of the enclosures on this
side are done so I mean 90% of the stuff
that we have these guys just crushed out
and we couldn’t than you enough thank
you guys so much you’re awesome thank
you so much for coming out speaking of
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Brian Barczyk was a passionate wildlife enthusiast and vlogger who dedicated his life to sharing his extraordinary journey with animals on YouTube since May 10, 2016. His remarkable adventures led him to be part of TV network series, produce “Brian In The Wild” a documentary in South Africa, travel globally to encounter incredible animals and their advocates, initiate “Checking In” a podcast, establish “AnimalConUSA” a convention for animal content creators and their fans, and create The Reptarium – an interactive reptile zoo in Utica, Michigan, among many many other achievements.

In March 2023, Brian faced the greatest challenge of his life with a diagnosis of inoperable Pancreatic Cancer. His strength, courage, and the unyielding support of the incredible #ReptileArmy community inspired him to continue sharing his story and pursuing his dreams, even in the toughest times.

Brian’s vision for the LegaSea Aquarium & The Reptarium, a symbol of resilience and the power of dreams, is now a legacy that his crew and family are devoted to bringing to life in his honor. As we break ground on this expanded facility just across the street from The Reptarium, we embrace this mission as a testament to Brian’s indomitable spirit.

Join Brian’s crew, family, and the #ReptileArmy in continuing this inspiring journey of discovery, conservation, and hope. As we vlog the LegaSea aquarium build, embark on adventures around the world, and deepen our connection with wildlife, we pay tribute to Brian’s legacy. Together, we will forge a future where every encounter with the natural world is a moment to inspire, educate, and celebrate the extraordinary tapestry of life that Brian so loved.

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