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OATA launches new coral import guide

David Rees — Fri, 23 Oct 2026 09:51:31 +0000

The Ornamental Aquatic Trade Association (OATA) has created a new guide to help coral traders ensure they are importing and selling legal species permitted for trade in the UK. The import guide gives a background into CITES regulations and examines the applicable UK laws. It also outlines how coral traders can check to see if [...]

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PondXpert celebrates Steve Cooper’s 30-year career

David Rees — Tue, 01 Sep 2026 11:30:09 +0000

Customers of supplier PondXpert are invited, along with industry colleagues, to wish long-serving representative Steve Cooper well at PATS 2026 before his retirement on September 30. Cooper is preparing to retire following more than 30 years in the trade and will be with the PondXpert team on Stand T16 on September 27 and 28, ahead [...]

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Pets Choice to take over Pettex Aqautic brand

David Rees — Thu, 20 Aug 2026 11:31:44 +0000

Pets Choice has announced it will take-over the goodwill and pond food branding from Pettex Aquatic Ltd, following the closure of the latter business. With effect from October 1, 2026, the Pettex Aquatic range will become part of the Pets Choice family, joining a portfolio of brands that includes Webbox, Bob Martin, Felight, TastyBone, Vet’s [...]

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Sussex aquatic centre begins new chapter

David Rees — Thu, 06 Aug 2026 20:59:57 +0000

The World of Water aquatic centre in West Sussex is to reopen next week as Watermeadow Aquatic & Plant Centre following an acquisition by a garden centre entrepreneur. The site in Turners Hill, near Crawley, has been acquired by Benjamin Tate, executive director of the family-owned business Tates of Sussex, ensuring the long-established centre remains [...]

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Pettex Aquatics Ltd to cease trading

David Rees — Tue, 04 Aug 2026 18:33:25 +0000

Family-owned pet products manufacturer and distributor Pettex Aquatics Ltd has announced that it will cease trading on 30 September 2026, bringing to a close 67 years of business. Based in Hainault, Essex, and run as a family business since the beginning, Pettex Aquatics specialises in the supply of premium aquatic gravels, decoration, pond food and [...]

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Monkfield Reptile becomes exclusive UK trade distributor of Mazuri Reptile Diets

David Rees — Tue, 09 Jun 2026 09:33:33 +0000

Monkfield Reptile has been appointed as the exclusive UK trade distributor of the Mazuri Reptile Diet range, effective this week. The distributor is launching the new agreement with three Mazuri skus specifically chosen to meet the needs of the UK reptile market – Mazuri Tortoise Diet, Mazuri Tortoise LS Diet and Mazuri Herbivorous Reptile Diet. [...]

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Worldwide reptile keeping report published

David Rees — Fri, 05 Jun 2026 09:10:39 +0000

A major new study into global reptile and amphibian pet populations has estimated that there are 8.8 million reptiles being kept in the UK. The Worldwide Reptile Super Survey was promoted primarily via social media and shared internationally by reptile social media influencers, pet stores, keepers, and other businesses, as well as on platforms such [...]

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OATA creates sustainable sourcing aid

David Rees — Wed, 22 Apr 2026 12:42:11 +0000

Aquatic trade association OATA has launched a free online tool to help the home aquarium industry make sustainable sourcing decisions when buying fish for their businesses. The tool is aimed at importers, wholesalers and retailers and takes users through a process to explain how the fish they want to order were sourced and whether they [...]

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New documentary warns of dangers of “positive lists”

David Rees — Mon, 09 Mar 2026 18:00:07 +0000

Reptile owners’ platform Responsible Reptile Keeping (RRK) has created a documentary film warning of the dangers of “positive lists”, or legally-enforceable registers of permitted pets. The film has been prompted by a campaign called Don’t Pet Me, backed by the Scottish SPCA and animal-rights groups OneKind and Born Free, which urges the Scottish Government to [...]

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New directors join OATA Board

David Rees — Tue, 20 Jan 2026 15:48:53 +0000

Two new directors have joined the board of the Ornamental Aquatic Trade Association (OATA) Kevin Barton, of ALF Aquatic Distribution Ltd, has returned to the Board after a few years away, and the Revd David Walker, of Birley Moor Aquatics Centre in Sheffield, also joins the 14 other voluntary Directors who make up the OATA [...]

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