Good day fish lovers!!!

Greetings fellow aquarists,

My name is Kate and I hail from Exotic Reef in Orem. How does a previous model with over 10 years corporate experience end up working at a fish store? Well it's simple really, I love fish. Over the past six months I would find myself drawn back to Exotic Reef as a place of sanctuary from the headache of my daily grind. So I told Skyler (Exotic's owner) that he had to hire me back in December and he was only too happy to oblige me. Since then I have pretty much taken over, which is my nature, and the store is quickly transforming into everything I think a fish store should be. I have been so blessed to meet so many fish enthusiasts and hear all about their tanks and aqua critters. Thank you for the warm welcome I have received thus far into the fish community of Utah. As the shop continues to grow and improve I would love to hear your suggestions and feedback. Most importantly I look forward to getting to know you all better.

Kate

Snowrider- Yes they are we run a very small amount of copper to help kill parasites, flukes, ich, bacterial, and fungal infections. We run it below 0.5mg and we try to keep it at 0.4mg. The reason why is because we never know what kinds of fish we are going to bring in or what sort of diseases they may be carrying. If you take our water and add it to your aquarium the copper amount is minimal and will not affect your water however, I would never recommend you adding water from any aquarium store that contains fish. Even if we didn't use copper in our system you would not want to add our water to your system in fear of a diseased specimen entering your ecosystem. Example: Christmas Anthias come in with parasites or diseases and should be quarantined with copper for a few days to resolve the issue.