API Aqua Essential Aquarium Water Conditioner 473 ml Bottle

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Easy installation: Api aqua prime is designed to be easy to install by anyone, whether it’s a professional plumber or a diy enthusiast.

Yes, API POND STRESS COAT water conditioner is a dechlorinator, and will make pond water safe for your fish. Yes, aqua essential can be safely used with fish. It removes harmful substances from water, making it safe for fish. Can Aqua Prime Be Used In Saltwater Aquariums? The api aqua essential and prime use advanced water treatment technologies such as reverse osmosis and uv sterilization to ensure that the water is free of contaminants and pollutants. 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.Sales people get very earnest about chloramines. When I say (after research, chloramines are extremely dangerous to aquariums!!!) we only have chlorine here, they admit they get only US products and broad areas of that country have scary drinking water. There is more to consider between these two products that just the amount needed. But before getting to that, if one has only to deal with chlorine (as I do) then API Tap Water Conditioner is without question the best product to be using. It messes the least with water chemistry, you use half as much as Prime recommends, so you also save money as well as help the fish. Testing for the presence of toxic nitrite is essential, so that if it is detected, steps can be taken to remove it. If left untreated, nitrite in the water will hinder normal fish respiration, eventually leading to fish death. Even small amounts or low levels of nitrite stress fish, suppressing their immune systems and increasing the likelihood of disease, which is why it’s important to test for nitrite using API FRESHWATER MASTER TEST KIT. You can remove nitrite from your tank by performing a partial water change. Stress Coat removes chloramines, ammonia, chlorine, and heavy metals from tap water that might be harmful to fish health. Carbonate hardness, also known as “alkalinity” and “KH,” is the level of bicarbonate and carbonate ions in water. The KH level is also a measurement of water’s ability to resist pH change. API PROPER pH 8.2 contains bicarbonate and carbonate buffers, and will directly increase carbonate hardness. API PROPER pH 6.5, 7.0, and 7.5 contain no carbonate hardness, but will cause a spike in KH as measured with KH test kits. These kits work by acidifying the water in the test tube, drop by drop, with a test reagent. When the water sample is adequately acidified, a colour change occurs in the test tube. This is called the “end point.” The number of drops of test reagent required to acidify the sample (causing a colour change) indicates the level of KH. Phosphate buffers strongly resist pH change, and will be measured just like bicarbonate and carbonate buffers. Therefore, API PROPER pH powders (6.5, 7.0, and 7.5) will cause an increase in KH measurements.

When treating for nitrite, a 5 mL/10 gal. dose of Pond AQUA ESSENTIAL, you should expect a 15-30 ppm reduction in nitrite, based on the accuracy of your measurement of your pond volume. Easy to see that API is about half the price! They both do the exact same thing for years! If you know you have just Chlorine in your water, API uses less than Prime.Use API NITRATE TEST KIT weekly or bi-weekly to ensure your nitrate levels are safe for fish, or whenever you suspect you may have high nitrate levels in your tank.