API Aqua Essential

Description

AQUA ESSENTIAL™
AQUA ESSENTIAL water conditioner is a highly concentrated all-in-one water conditioner that instantly makes tap water safe for fish by removing chlorine, chloramine and detoxifies heavy metals commonly found in tap water. AQUA ESSENTIAL water conditioner instantly removes toxic ammonia, nitrate and nitrite levels in freshwater, saltwater and planted aquariums. Toxic ammonia continually released by fish through their gills, urine and solid waste. Uneaten food and decaying organic matter also add ammonia. Small amounts of ammonia stress fish; large amounts of ammonia will kill fish. This unique formula binds with ammonia, nitrite, and nitrate rendering them non-toxic and allowing the biofilter to more efficiently remove them.
Use at start-up and whenever adding or changing water or when tested levels of ammonia, nitrates or nitrite are high. When adding, transporting or quarantining fish, we recommend using API STRESS COAT™ water conditioner which is ideal for use with AQUA ESSENTIAL water conditioner.

Instructions

Using dosing cap on bottle, add 5 ml. per 50 gallons of aquarium water to treat tap water. Add 5 ml. per 10 gallons of aquarium water to remove ammonia, nitrite, and nitrate. We advise you to wait 24 hours after dosing then do a water change. If you dose within that 24 hour period there is no danger to the animals/plants in your aquarium. A follow-up water change is always beneficial to an aquatic system.

Using API Aqua Essential with Singapore Tap Water

Aqua Essential is a concentrated all-in-one conditioner that makes tap water safe by removing chlorine and chloramine and detoxifying heavy metals, while also helping with toxic ammonia, nitrite and nitrate. That chloramine point matters locally: PUB treats Singapore tap water with chloramine, which lingers longer than plain chlorine, so a conditioner that handles it is essential before every water change. Being highly concentrated, a small dose treats a lot of water, which is handy when you run several tanks.

We suggest dosing it into the new water as you refill, then letting the filter circulate before livestock are exposed. It is suited to freshwater, saltwater and planted tanks, so one bottle covers a mixed fishroom. Treat it as part of routine maintenance rather than a fix for an uncycled tank, since stable biological filtration is still what keeps ammonia and nitrite genuinely in check long term.

See our conditioners & medication range, and for background read our Singapore tap water guide and chlorine vs chloramine guide.