founded 1951 ; 65 years ago 1951 1 germany headquarters melle germany key people jochem van rietschoten andreas rouv anja kr ger general management products tetramin aquasafe tetratec tetrawhisper number of employees 700 2006 parent united pet group spectrum brands website www.tetra fish.com tetra or the tetra werke company is a fish food manufacturing company founded by a young german scientist dr. ulrich baensch . 2 3 contents 1 history and profile 2 tetra company in the news 2.1 criticisms 3 competitors 4 see also 5 references 5.1 footnotes 5.2 bibliography history and profile edit in the 1950s there were only about 50 000 fish keepers in germany and the hobby was at the time considered as traditionally very time consuming rare difficult and complicated because it required routine collection of live food from streams and river beds until the invention of dried flake food tetramin for tropical fish by dr. ulrich baensch . baensch s tetramin fish food consisted of four different type of flakes and vitamins . the brand name tetramin was derived from the greek word tetra meaning four and the third syllable of the word vitamin . 4 the invention of tetramin flakes in its trademark yellow tin and brown lid allegedly changed the fishkeeping hobby from a minor aquatic specialty into a favorite of millions of enthusiasts all over the world thus making tetramin a supposedly notable brand of fish food and tetra werke as a self proclaimed globally recognized company in the industry earning international affiliate . 4 the tetra group employs over 700 colleagues has representatives in more than 90 countries worldwide and is the largest manufacturer of aquaristic and pond products in the world . apart from pet food tetra supplies fish keepers and pond owners with other products such as water conditioners plant conditioners technical equipment and medicinal products . 4 it was once a part of warner lambert and was later acquired by pfizer . in december 2002 pfizer sold the tetra aquaristic and pond business to the triton fund a private independent european investment fund . investors in the triton fund include european insurances and banks as well as significant american institutions . the triton fund paid 238.5 million us for the tetra business . three years later on april 29 2005 tetra holding gmbh was acquired by spectrum brands a global consumer products company . 5 tetra company in the news edit criticisms edit the tetra company was heavily criticized by the marine fishkeeping community after its appearance on good morning america in which it claimed that one of its kits a 10 gallon 37.3 liters aquarium and filter could support the fish from finding nemo a regal tang and ocellaris clownfish . most hobbyists pointed out that the tang alone needs a much larger aquarium at least 4 in length and that it would die in such conditions . 6 however a 10 gallon saltwater aquarium could successfully house an ocellaris clownfish without the tang . 7 competitors edit jbl king british sera tropical see also edit fish food references edit footnotes edit about tetra fish company tetra aquarium . tetra fish.com . retrieved 2016 07 14 . tetra werke company profile u.s. website spectrum brands inc. blacksburg va u.s.a. date retrieved 28 may 2007 hermann simon mentioned this company in his correspondent book as an example of a hidden champion simon hermann hidden champions of the 21st century success strategies of unknown world market leaders . london springer 2009 . isbn 978 0 387 98147 5 . a b c tetra werke company history and profile tetra partner for fishkeeping and ponds tetra germany website tetra gmbh herrenteich 7849324 melle germany date retrieved 28 may 2007 company news ; rayovac to buy tetra german maker of pet supplies new york times march 16 2005 morning news abc s good morning america to install pond wet garden news magazine june 24 2005 ocellaris clownfish care . ocellarisclownfish.com . ocellaris clownfish . retrieved 18 november 2014 . bibliography edit stock up on rumors at warner lambert new york times february 10 1996 saturday by reuters nyt business financial desk late edition final section 2 page 50 column 3 257 words tetra plans pond support in 2005 and tetracare website feature article from water garden news magazine august 5 2004 spectrum brands acquires jungle labs water garden news magazine september 2 2005 retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title tetra company & oldid 729798248 categories animal food manufacturersfish food brandsfishkeepingmultinational companies headquartered in germanycompanies based in lower saxonymanufacturing companies established in 1951 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages deutsch t rk e edit links this page was last modified on 14 july 2016 at 16 42 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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