Get your aquarium up and running faster than ever with API Quick Start, a safe way to introduce fish to a tank.
The nitrifying bacteria allows for the instant addition of fish, as it immediately starts the natural aquarium cycle with beneficial bacteria.
API Quick Start helps to convert toxic ammonia into nitrite, then into harmless nitrate to help prevent fish loss in your tank.
Best for use when starting a new aquarium, after water changes and filter changes, and when adding new fish to an existing aquarium.
API Quick Start nitrifying bacteria may be used in both fresh and saltwater aquariums.
You can add your fish to your aquarium immediately after dosing with the nitrifying bacteria.
Key benefits:
- Allows instant addition of fish when starting a new aquarium
- Reduces compounds harmful to fish when used routinely
- Helps prevent fish loss in freshwater and saltwater aquariums
- Safe for Soft Coral
- Use when starting a new aquarium, when adding new fish and when changing water and filter media
How to use API Quick Start:
- Add 10ml per 10 gallons (38 litres) of aquarium water.
- Use when starting up your fish tank or bowl, or when changing the water
From the USA at API brand, we are passionate about fish keeping.
We have enthusiastically supported the aquatics industry for almost 60 years and continue our commitment today.
With API Aquarium products, it’s easy to keep a beautiful saltwater, freshwater or reef aquarium.
API Aquarium Treatment Supplies are designed to work in conjunction with each other to provide best results to control algae, promote healthy bacterial growth and help control and cure fish diseases and conditions such as ich and fin rot.
They work to provide a safe, hospitable environment for fish such as tropical community fish, cichlids, goldfish and more.
With API, you can spend more time admiring your fish, and less time scrubbing your tank.
Make sure to use all products as directed in order to ensure the best results.












