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Aquatics

Pet Friends in Muttenz, Switzerland, has a large aquarium fish department.

tomer demand, pet stores have supplies, it was easy to do this. ing closed. Stringent export reg-
had their work cut out during A steady supply of fish for marine ulations in some countries also
the pandemic to have aquar- aquariums has proved more dif- meant that fish consignments
ium fish available and to satisfy ficult to secure. Imports primar- failed to reach their destination
the needs of their customers as ily from the Philippines and Indo- on time. Pet supplies retailers
quickly as possible. In the case nesia often failed to materialise which rely mainly on breeders in
of freshwater fish, which retail- or arrived late. One retailer put the marine aquatics sphere also
ers in many countries access this down to cancelled flights were better placed in this regard.
predominantly from breeding and fish collection stations be- n

Excellent insect food from Sera

Sera Insect Nature is a staple eral reasons: the breeding of Insect Nature thus enables
food for ornamental fish that insects is particularly resource- ornamental fish to be fed in the
consists of 40 per cent insect efficient, and insects also corre- most sustainable and natural
meal. The Tenebrio larvae pro- spond to the natural food spec- way possible. But that's not all:
vide 100 per cent of the animal trum of ornamental fish, just like the Insect Nature food container
proteins. Insect meal is advanta- seaweed, which is also con- consists of 35 per cent sugar
geous as an ingredient for sev- tained in Insect Nature. cane. Not only can the container
be completely recycled, but at
the same time it also consists to
a large extent of sustainable raw
materials and thus actively con-
tributes to the reduction of CO .
2
The concept of sustainability
has been consistently thought
through to the end here. The Ger-
man speciality trade also sees it
this way and has chosen Insect
Nature as the “pet product of the
year 2020/21” in the aquatics
category in the pet readers' poll.
www.sera.de

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