API Quick Start (Beneficial bacteria for aquarium)

A concentrated dose of live nitrifying bacteria that lets you add fish to a new aquarium immediately. Helps prevent harmful ammonia and nitrite spikes that cause new-tank fish loss.

Quick Start for Fish-In Cycling in Singapore

The most common way new hobbyists lose fish is new-tank syndrome, where ammonia and nitrite spike before a biological filter has established. Quick Start exists to soften that danger by seeding live nitrifying bacteria from day one. It is genuinely useful when you cannot resist stocking a fresh setup immediately, though we are always honest with customers that no bottled bacteria fully replaces patience and testing.

If you do go the fish-in route, dose Quick Start with your conditioner, stock lightly, feed sparingly, and test water frequently over the first few weeks. In our warm local tanks bacteria colonise quickly once they have an ammonia source and surface area to grow on, so a generously sized filter and good flow help the colony settle faster. Keep a bottle of conditioner on hand for the water changes you will inevitably need.

Read our fish-in cycling method and our cycling timeline before you start. Browse cycling aids in our range.