Pond fish do not stop needing feeding just because a pellet floats away on the surface breeze, and sticks that soak and sink quickly are the practical answer to a windy pond rather than a design flourish. Tetra's pond sticks are built to soak fast and go down, which means less food drifting to the edge uneaten.

They are a complete food, formulated to cover the full nutritional needs of pond fish rather than being a supplement to something else. Protein sits at 29%, fat at 4%, crude fibre at 2% and moisture at 7%, with vitamin D3 at 1,714 IU/kg and citric acid, used as an acidity regulator, at 274 mg/kg. Tetra also state the recipe uses natural ingredients with no added preservatives or artificial colourants.

• Complete food for all pond fish
• Protein 29%, fat 4%, crude fibre 2%, moisture content 7%
• Fast-soaking sticks that sink rather than float
• Vitamin D3 at 1,714 IU/kg
• No added preservatives or artificial colourants
• Sold as a 40 litre pack

On what's missing. No calorie count is given on this card, and no feeding-amount guide either, so portion this the way most pond keepers do - little and often, watching how much is actually eaten before the next feed rather than measuring by weight.

Who it's for: pond owners who want one complete stick food for the whole pond and would rather it sink and get eaten than sit on the surface and eventually cloud the water.