In this video, we spend 50 days turning my bed into a real tide pool fish tank! We fill it up with real fish, live corals and so much more! And if my fish tank bed doesn’t break... I’m spending the night on it.
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Throughout this episode, our team faces many challenges, from the saltwater ecosystem almost crashing to a sneaky predator eating all our hermit crabs. We even use real-life robotics, 3D printing and automated engineering to solve our problems and craft solutions to fix our custom tidepool reef tank bed.
While Jamie and Joelle build, Outdoor Adam travels to NYC to visit Andrew Sandler and @PoloReef. Adam’s mission is to learn about real tide pool saltwater ecosystems so the team can create the perfect tide pool bed ecosystem in Jamie’s dream bedroom.
Watch until the end to see if Jamie sleeps in her new dream bedroom with a real tide pool under her! It’s always been a childhood dream to transform my bedroom into a fish tank and this is the closest I’ve gotten to turning my bedroom into a fish tank! This video is perfect for anyone who is passionate about bedroom makeovers, dream bedrooms, extreme room transformations, exotic pets, oceans, tide pools, wildlife rescue, DIY custom aquariums, marine biology and creating the perfect saltwater ecosystem for their pets.
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A creator attempts to replace their mattress with a custom $2,000 saltwater tide pool fish tank over 50 days. Through trial and error, expert consultations, and technical inventions, they overcome ecosystem crashes, algae blooms, and predatory pests to successfully build a stable aquatic habitat they can sleep on.
This is my bed and today we're turning it into a real tide pool.
We have just 50 days to build this tank and have the strangest animals on earth.
This will be the most high-tech setup in our channel's history.
But will it be enough or will the ecosystem fail?
It's leaking! It's leaking!
It's day one and I'm replacing my mattress with a custom bed fish tank.
This cost me $2,000 so I'm really hoping this works.
We have sand, water, and salt. Lots of salt.
And our brave captain.
But this is just a lifeless puddle.
So to jumpstart our ecosystem, I'm adding live rock.
These are way heavier than they look.
And as soon as I put them in, all sorts of life started to emerge.
Jamie, this is gonna break your bed.
So here's the game plan.
First, we'll perfect the tide pool ecosystem.
Then we'll add increasingly insane animals to it.
And if it works, I'm spending the night on my new bed.
And I have a challenge for you.
Can you spot these characters hidden somewhere in this video?
On day two, we had a real tide pool.
We did it!
Just kidding.
This looks like a toxic soup.
I think the tank actually crashed.
A real tide pool is a complex ecosystem.
Clearly, we're missing something.
Adam, Adam, put down the spicy words.
We have a code red.
This is actually a super interesting-
No, no, no, we don't have time for that.
Look at this water.
I know.
I need you to learn about real saltwater aquariums.
See ya!
Behind me is a mega man-
Behind me is a mega mansion.
And inside is one of the largest aquariums in the world.
Let's go.
Jamie's tide pool is crashing.
But if anyone is gonna save it, it's this guy.
Meet Andrew, the founder of Polar Reef.
He has a collection of some of the world's rarest fish and corals.
That fish costs more than my car.
But you can't just order this fish tank online.
It's so huge that Andrew had to build his whole house around it.
This fish tank holds 17,000 gallons of water.
That weighs more than 15 elephants.
Over the next five hours, I need to learn everything I can to help save Jamie's tide pool.
But things are gonna get crazy.
Every great civilization starts with a pioneer.
Meet Oscar.
He's kind of a grouch and thinks he owns everything.
That rock?
His.
That corner?
Also his.
My finger?
Not his!
Our filter has been working overtime and our tank looks incredible.
But Oscar's lonely tide pool didn't last for long.
The neighborhood grew.
Some fish I invited.
While others literally spawned from the shadows.
He's on my finger!
But with our massive population boom, our ecosystem is fragile.
If we have a bad ammonia spike, this whole kingdom crashes.
I have to do something.
So I'm hooking up Adam's spicy wires to a mini computer.
It's working!
Now we'll get a warning if the tank is gonna crash.
We are way ahead of schedule.
What could possibly go wrong?
This house is huge!
Andrew even has a fully indoor koi pond.
Some of these koi fish cost over $250,000.
That is literally a house swimming around.
These koi fish fly first class all the way from Japan in giant plastic bags.
These guys are so cute!
But koi are freshwater.
And Jamie's bed is saltwater.
Luckily, Andrew has plenty of saltwater tanks too.
This is Andrew's ultra rare coral tank.
It low-key looks like a tank full of candy.
And my favorite, this clownfish anemone tank.
But I realized I was getting totally distracted.
Nemo's not gonna fix Jamie's bed.
You know this is only the front.
Come in the back and check out these systems.
Wait, there's a back?
Oh wow!
Something is still wrong with our tide pool bed.
You see, a healthy tide pool isn't flat.
It has rolling tides to move the water and bring oxygen to the animals.
So I must become the ocean.
Now this is what I'm talking about.
But I'm already tired.
Hmm, maybe this'll work.
Let's let the machine do the heavy lifting.
This is not a wave.
It looks more like a flushing toilet.
And nobody wants to live in that.
So how about we enlist a robot to do the job for us?
Uh, maybe the robots aren't taking over after all.
But after a few tweaks?
It's working!
And the fish are loving it!
Look at them ride the waves!
I'll be sleeping on my new bed in no time!
But the next day, disaster struck.
I left the lights on overnight and there is algae everywhere.
I can't sleep on this.
This stuff spreads like a disease.
We need to act fast.
Joelle, I need your help.
Right now?
I was just doing research.
No, we don't need Minecraft snails.
We need real snails.
Gotta be kidding me.
This store has so many cool fish.
They have Mr. Krabs, Ms. Puff, and even Patrick.
But no snails.
If I go back empty-handed, Jamie's tide pool will fail.
I'm gonna have to get creative because a tide pool needs a cleanup crew.
Scavengers act like underwater Roombas.
That way the ecosystem thrives.
So I'm gonna draft a team of the weirdest-looking janitors and hope for the best.
I'll take this one and, ooh, definitely her.
Wow, that is huge.
Hopefully these guys like slime.
The algae problem is getting worse.
It's on the glass, the rocks, the sand, and even in the water.
It's like an algae dance party in my bed and we were the only ones not invited.
Check it out.
I got some stuff.
What on earth is this?
It turns out this sea urchin loves algae.
And Joelle brought home a few more surprises.
Over the next six days, our cleanup crew got to work.
And I mean work.
Even our resident alien is helping out.
They must have eaten like a pound of algae.
Everything is looking perfect for my epic sleepover.
But then something strange started happening.
I found an empty shell.
And then another one.
And by day 29, I couldn't ignore it anymore.
And I started to really panic.
We have a big problem.
Incoming!
It's an all-you-can-eat buffet.
These guys eat so well they have their own personal fridge.
Andrew feeds the fish over three pounds of food every day.
It's a custom mix of shrimp, seaweed, and chum.
But what goes in must come out.
Feeding 800 fish creates a lot of waste.
So Andrew has industrial equipment on site.
And a whole room underground dedicated to cleaning his aquarium.
This is the filter to the big fish tank.
Look at all this stuff!
I don't think Jamie has what she needs at all.
We got him!
We finally got him!
Last night, I looked everywhere for a predator.
But I couldn't find one anywhere.
So I set up an infrared security camera.
And later that night, the culprit revealed himself!
I finally outsmarted him using my latest invention.
He thought he was getting a free meal.
But it was a trap.
This is a pistol shrimp.
He gets his name because of that giant claw.
It's a bubble blaster that can stun its prey.
He may be tiny, but he's actually deadly.
It would be way too dangerous to keep him in my tide pool bed.
So Sniper is getting his own private residence.
With a training gym.
Aw, look at him settling in!
And if you want your own tide pool, I'm giving away this kit.
It comes with everything you need for your very own fish tank.
And last week, Azriella from Washington won.
So comment for your chance to win!
31, 32, 33.
I've lost count of how many fish tanks are here!
And even worse, I've learned nothing useful for Jamie.
I got an idea!
Adam, you gotta get in!
Inside? Like, in there?
Scuba dive!
I'm a certified diver, but this is a next level operation.
I can't believe I'm gonna scuba dive inside a fish tank.
Adam, the corals.
Be careful.
Don't touch the red ones.
Don't touch the blue ones.
Don't touch the green ones.
Don't touch any of the corals!
I can't find the leak anywhere.
Just the other day, the water level was here.
And now look at it!
Our animals have no current.
Don't worry guys, I'll figure this out.
But I've gone over every corner, every edge, and even along the sand.
We're going to have to drain the tank.
I can't believe I'm not going to be able to sleep on my new bed.
I cannot believe I missed this.
The salinity in the tank is way too high.
Just like a real tide pool, the water in my bed evaporated,
leaving behind a salty puddle.
If I lose that much water per day, carry the four, multiply by eight hours...
Got it!
Behold!
The Thirst Quencher 3000.
Here it goes!
This tiny pump adds back the water we lose from evaporation.
Now my bed will stay in balance while I sleep.
I never thought that Oscar's life would depend on my high school math.
Deep breaths.
Don't touch the corals.
Yo!
This is what it's like to be a fish.
That was close.
But right away, my goggles are filling with water,
and the floor is a minefield of spiky urchins.
I can't fail Jamie.
I'm trying to walk as carefully as possible.
But I didn't expect how strong the flow would be.
Watch the corals, watch the corals.
Don't get blown over.
If I crush any of these corals, I'll be paying Andrew back for the rest of my life.
Now I've got the hang of it.
I'm moving with the current.
It's actually so peaceful in here.
How often do you get to feed your fish in the fish tank?
I can hear their tiny mouths eating.
This is so weird.
Even this guy climbed up my back for a meal.
Oh, check this out.
The final piece of the puzzle.
You're coming home with me.
I got what we need.
That was incredible.
Now let's get back to the studio.
Adam, aren't you forgetting something?
Whoa, this is incredible.
Where have you been? I've been trying to call you.
Oh, about that.
I think I needed your phone.
Wow.
But I did get these.
What are those, rocks?
No, they're snails.
And they're going to be perfect for your tide pool bed.
Alrighty.
I learned that every tide pool ecosystem needs snails.
Whoa, look at them go.
And even Oscar's happy.
Well, I guess he's never happy.
It's day 50 and it all comes down to this.
Okay, easy now.
Easy.
This is so cool.
But if it doesn't hold my weight, this will have all been for nothing.
On day one, I had no idea if this was going to be possible.
But with hard work and a little help from a few robots, we did it.
We created a real tide pool.
Okay, here we go.
I'm so nervous.
It's holding!
I can't believe we just built an entire ocean under my bed.
Oh my gosh.
This is crazy.
Can I sleep over?
Uh, no.
Good night.