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For over 60 years, Tetra has been the leader of the aquatic industry. Being the inventor of the world's first fish food flakes – TetraMin, Tetra has developed for decades by introducing thoughtful, innovative products that make fish keeping easier, safer and more interesting! In order for your fish to be healthy and for you to enjoy the fascinating underwater worlds, we have:

• The largest resear

ch & development department within the industry
• The only independently accredited R&D department
• Hundreds of aquariums in our Quality Assurance department
• More than 300 active and pending patents
• More than 60 years of successful innovation and product development

To learn more about Tetra products to support happy, healthy fish, visit www.tetra.net/en

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22/11/2024

🔎 Spot the cory in tank on Instagram.

👀 Do you see your corys much?

20/11/2024

For those of you new to aquascaping, on Instagram shows you how the process comes together to build a beautiful scape 🌿

18/11/2024

Pond top tip 💡

With Christmas 🎄 approaching, now is a good time to be planning for next year.

Maybe, add some pond care items to your Christmas wish list! 🎁 Filtration technology has become very advanced today, so consider upgrading?

Consider that your fish 🐠 will have grown and possibly bred this year, so the existing filter system may be unable to keep up with demand. Also consider an upgrade to your ultraviolet clarifier.

What about little presents to get the pond keeper in your life? ,… water testing kits 🧪 are always needed!

16/11/2024

Are you thinking of getting goldfish for your kids this Christmas?

Here’s why you should consider getting tropical fish instead:

🐠 You could keep a fish called a Red-tailed Black Shark like the one pictured depending on the size of your tank. It would live happily with barbs, danios, rainbow fish or tetras, etc
🐠 Many commonly available tropical fish stay small and manageable so you won’t need to buy bigger tanks as goldfish can grow very large.
🐠 With tropical fish, you can keep different species together for a mixture of colourful fish.
🐠 You can keep more small tropical fish in a tank than a couple of goldfish.
🐠 Tropical fishes need a widely available aquarium heater.

Kids now have their own Tetra Academy website to learn how to keep fish https://www.tetraacademy.co.uk/plan-your-fish-tank/

14/11/2024

Slow-sinking granules allow mid-water and bottom-feeding fish to feed naturally.

✔️ A mix of herbivore and omnivore granules to cater for different dietary needs in a mixed community aquarium.

✔️ Contains ActiveFormula for a healthy immune system.

✔️ Less waste for cleaner and healthier water.

08/11/2024

Pond top tip 💡

Now that much of our pond-keeping equipment is indoors to protect from frost damage. It is a good time to service this equipment.

Reputable manufacturers will offer replacement perishable parts such as O-rings or pump impellors.

Quartz sleeves of UV clarifiers can accumulate limescale over the years which will reduce UV penetrance. A replacement sleeve can improve the clarifier’s function significantly.

06/11/2024

Fish can suffer from stress, just like us humans. When the cause of the stress is continuous, like harassment from other more aggressive fish, their normal immune functions are hindered which can be dangerous for them.

Common causes of fish stress in aquariums which are important to avoid are:

• Not enough hiding places for timid fish
• Incompatible tank mates with aggression from one species to another
• Overstocking your tank which can cause poor water quality and less oxygen
• Inadequate aquarium size
• Poor nutrition
• Elevated ammonia or nitrate levels (the most common source of stress for goldfish)
• Fluctuations in pH
• Water temperature fluctuations (most common cause of stress in Bettas)

05/11/2024

The flame 🔥 tetra (Hyphessobrycon flammeus), also known as the red tetra or Rio tetra, is a colourful addition to a tank.

Due to their shoaling behaviour, they should be kept in groups of more than five fish in a tank with a minimum tank volume of 60L and preferably a minimum length of 60 cm.

The flame tetra likes water to be 22 to 28 °C, pH 5.8–7.8 and hardness dH 5 – 25.

This fish enjoys hiding amongst plants and can be kept in community aquariums due to them being generally peaceful.

Do you keep tetra? Show us yours.

03/11/2024

Autumn pond tip

Raise the pond pump a foot above the pond bottom, diverting any waterfalls or fountains.

Aeration is not as essential in winter as colder water can hold more dissolved oxygen. Whilst the fish’s need for oxygen is less. Also, vigorous aeration of the water during freezing weather can harm the fish.

31/10/2024

Happy Halloween!

The black ghost 👻🔪 knifefish, Apteronotus albifrons, originates from freshwater in South America. Its name derives from tribes in the Amazonian jungle, as it’s said they believe the souls of the dead inhabit these fish!

It does not have any scales and has the fastest electrical discharge in the animal kingdom which it uses to hunt small prey, navigate and communicate with its fellow knifefish!

A specialised organ in its tail contains a small group of cells that can discharge electricity at frequencies approaching 2000 times per second! They are mainly nocturnal and use electrolocation to navigate dark waters.

The black ghost knifefish temperament tends to be semi-aggressive. The best tank mates will be those that thrive in the same water conditions and fish that are medium-sized peaceful fish such as peaceful Cichlids or Catfish. They prefer their own company and become aggressive if kept with their own kind or similar species.

They have a lifespan of 10-15 years and can grow up to around 40cm in a tank. They like water with a pH of 6.0-8.0 and 24-28 degrees centigrade, as they are scaleless they are prone to infections.

👉 What’s the spookiest fish you can think of?

29/10/2024

Ghost 👻 shrimp (Palaemonetes sp) not only look interesting, but they are also efficient tank cleaners.

They will clear up any uneaten food as well as algae.

They are fascinating, their body is translucent so you can see the inner workings of their body as they process their food.

They are suitable for tanks with small, non-aggressive fish.

👉 Do you keep shrimp?

27/10/2024

Don’t let spooky water scare your fish! 👻

Here’s how to keep your aquarium healthy this Halloween.

Get all the tips on our blog
https://blog.tetra.net/en-en/water-quality-not-water-clarity/

25/10/2024

Autumn pond top tip 🍂

With the first frosts of the season likely very soon, it’s time for final preparations ready for winter.

Bring inside delicate pond hardware that can become frost-damaged easily. For example, ultraviolet clarifiers are prone to frost damage. Also, lag exposed pipework to prevent excessive chilling of the water.

23/10/2024

The Diamond Tetra (Moenkhausia pittieri) is a peaceful, shoaling fish and so is suitable in a community aquarium without long-finned fish. such as angelfish or bettas.

Due to their glittering iridescence, a shoal of adult Diamond Tetra is a sight to behold as their colour improves with age. They look best against dark décor.

They like a well-planted tank including floating plants.

Maximum Size: 6cm
Temperature: 24-28°C
Water Parameters: Soft and slightly acidic, pH: 5.5-7.0, dH: up to 12 degrees.

21/10/2024

Turtles have specific nutritional needs to keep them healthy 🐢

Tetra ReptoMin is a range of foods particularly developed for turtles to provide balanced nutrition.

It contains protein and other essential nutrients to promote growth, whole shrimp and fibre for good food digestion and an ideal content of calcium and phosphorus to strengthen shells and bones.

It includes:
- Mini Krill to promote growth
- Mini Sticks to strengthen shell and bones
- Baby Shrimps for ideal food digestion

19/10/2024

Pond top tip for autumn 🍂

Feed your fish autumn pond food while water temperatures are above 10˚C then when the water temperature drops below, introduce Tetra Wheatgerm Sticks, along with their existing food.

Your fish will be far less active, so feed much less than was offered in the summer. Always remove any food uneaten after 20 minutes.

Keep offering the fish wheatgerm sticks throughout the winter, if they don’t want the food it can be removed.

13/10/2024

Pond maintenance for this month:

🍂 If leaves are allowed to fall into the pond and are not removed this will create a huge biomass of waste that will decay in the pond.

🧪 This will give rise to more nitrate and phosphate nutrients, worsening algae growth next year. The decay of nutrients can lower the dissolved oxygen level in the water. The decaying matter provides a substrate for opportunist pathogens too.

❌ At worst leaves can block filters and pollute the pond to the extent that fish are harmed.

Some tips to manage leaves:
🍂 the pond can be netted over to catch leaf fall
🍂 use a hand net to remove leaves daily
🍂 surface skimmers are available for large ponds
🍂 pond vacuum cleaners can be used to remove leaf fall

08/10/2024

What can you expect from our new Goldfish recipes?

Our unique recipe, which is with high-quality natural ingredients, without colourants and added preservatives, and the optimally tailored protein mix promote optimal growth, vitality and increased resilience.

With Tetra Goldfish Flakes, your goldfish will thrive, and your aquarium water will stay clean and clear.

Discover more: https://www.tetra.net/en-eu/products/tetra-goldfish-flakes

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Videos

Spotting corys in your tank

🔎 Spot the cory in @rj_tropics tank on Instagram. 👀 Do you see your corys much? #corydoras #tropicalfish #tropicalfish

Setting up an aquascape for beginners

For those of you new to aquascaping, @_fish_n_scapes_ on Instagram shows you how the process comes together to build a beautiful scape 🌿 #aquascapedesign #aquascapehobby #aquascape

It’s Human-Animal Relationship Awareness Week. Have you ever tried hand-feeding your fish? Wonderful video by @ns.fishtankaquascaping on Instagram. #aquascaping #aquariumhobby #fishkeeping

We love this tip from @ns.fishtankaquascaping on Instagram. Perfect for seeing your fish up close to check on them and for providing some extra interest in their environment on #AnimalEnrichmentDay. Tetra FunTips are ideal for this too. What enrichment activities do you give your fish? #fishkeeping #fishkeeper

Thanks to @tomg_aquascape for the video. If your little one loves fish too, head over to the Tetra Academy website for little learners now https://www.tetraacademy.co.uk/ #fishkeepinghobby ##fishkeeping #fishkeeper

@tropicalworld2’s fish can’t get enough of TetraMin. It’s our most popular fish food and is a complete diet for tropical freshwater fish. #WorldFoodDay #fishfood #fishkeeper

How do you manage the aggression of fish such as Tiger barbs, Barbus tetrazona? Shoaling fish stay together for safety in numbers. The greater the number of your school, the less aggressive they will be. They are a colourful addition to a community tank but should only be kept with other fast-moving fish such as Tetras, Danios and Platys. They enjoy a heavily planted aquarium with a temperature of 23-27 ℃ and pH 6-7. You can keep their colour vivid with a fish food such as Tetra Pro Colour containing a colour concentrate which brings out the red and orange colouring. 👉 Discover more about Tetra PRO Colour: https://www.tetra.net/en-gb/products/tetrapro-colour-multi-crisps 🗨 Do you keep Tiger barbs? #tropicalfish #barbs #fishkeeping

If only maintenance was this quick! @aquarium_goat makes it look so easy. Tetra AquaSafe to make tap water safe, SafeStart to replenish beneficial bacteria after a water change, EasyBalance to sustainably reduce phosphate and nitrates, and stabilise KH and pH. #aquariummaintenance #aquascaping #fishkeeping

Pond maintenance for October

Pond maintenance for this month: 🍂 If leaves are allowed to fall into the pond and are not removed this will create a huge biomass of waste that will decay in the pond. 🧪 This will give rise to more nitrate and phosphate nutrients, worsening algae growth next year. The decay of nutrients can lower the dissolved oxygen level in the water. The decaying matter provides a substrate for opportunist pathogens too. ❌ At worst leaves can block filters and pollute the pond to the extent that fish are harmed. Some tips to manage leaves: 🍂 the pond can be netted over to catch leaf fall 🍂 use a hand net to remove leaves daily 🍂 surface skimmers are available for large ponds 🍂 pond vacuum cleaners can be used to remove leaf fall #koipond #pond #koi

The most beautiful paludarium by @umenieprirody on Instagram, fed on Tetra.

Tetra Variety Sticks

Autumn 🍂 pond food recommendation: Tetra Pond Variety Sticks are a complete food mix for all pond fish. Comprising three different sticks for varied nutrition to provide all-around, balanced nutrition. 🐟 Includes wheatgerm allowing your fish to prepare for the winter. 🐟 For health, colour, and vitality. 🐟 Contains essential nutrients, trace elements, vitamins, and carotenoids. 🐟 Colour enhancers for brightly coloured fish. 🐟 Ideal for the daily feeding of all pond fish. 🐟 Highly digestible for low water pollution and better water quality. Discover more: https://www.tetra.net/en-eu/products/tetra-pond-variety-sticks-1 #koi #koipond #pond

It’s World Animal Day 🐠🐕 and World Smile Day! 😊 This surely can’t be a coincidence! Let us know what makes you smile about your animals. @tropicalworld2 #animalday #smileday #fishkeepers

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