API

API makes water care products for freshwater and saltwater aquariums and garden ponds — the treatments, tests and foods most fishkeepers use week to week.

What You'll Find Here

• Test kits and strips — Master Test Kits for freshwater, saltwater, reef and pond, plus single-parameter kits for ammonia, nitrite, nitrate, pH, KH, GH, phosphate, calcium and copper
• Water conditioners — Stress Coat, Tap Water Conditioner, Aqua Essential and Ammo-Lock
• Bacteria and cleaners — Quick Start, Stress Zyme and pond sludge destroyers
• Treatments — Melafix, Pimafix, Super Ick Cure, Algaefix and Turtle Fix
• pH and hardness — pH Up, pH Down, Proper pH buffers and the Water Softener Pillow
• Filter media — activated carbon, Bio-Chem Zorb, Phos-Zorb and Bio-Chem Stars
• Plant care and food — Leaf Zone, Root Tabs, CO2 Booster and pellet and wafer foods

Choosing Products

• Start every new tank with a water conditioner and live bacteria, then test ammonia and nitrite during the first weeks.
• Check whether a product is for freshwater, saltwater or ponds before buying.

Good To Know

• Remove activated carbon from the filter while using medications, and follow label doses exactly.
• Doses on US packs are in US gallons — 1 US gallon is about 3.8 litres.