---
product_id: 48699151
title: "API QUICK START"
brand: "api"
price: "A$44"
currency: AUD
in_stock: null
reviews_count: 13
category: "Api"
url: https://www.desertcart.com.au/products/48699151-api-quick-start
store_origin: AU
region: Australia
---

# instant fish addition ready works in fresh & saltwater 237 ml potent bacteria boost API QUICK START

**Brand:** api
**Price:** A$44
**Availability:** ❌ Out of Stock

## Summary

> 🐠 Transform your tank, skip the wait, and join the thriving aquarium elite!

## Quick Answers

- **What is this?** API QUICK START by api
- **How much does it cost?** A$44 with free shipping
- **Is it available?** Currently out of stock
- **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.com.au](https://www.desertcart.com.au/products/48699151-api-quick-start)

## Best For

- api enthusiasts

## Why This Product

- Trusted api brand quality
- Free international shipping included
- Worldwide delivery with tracking
- 15-day hassle-free returns

## Key Features

- • **Trusted & Proven Formula:** Highly rated with 4.6 stars from over 14,000 reviews, made in America for quality assurance.
- • **Stress-Free Tank Maintenance:** Ideal for new setups, water changes, and filter swaps to prevent fish loss and maintain balance.
- • **Dual-Environment Compatibility:** Perfectly formulated for both freshwater and saltwater tanks, ensuring versatile use.
- • **Continuous Water Quality Defense:** Routine use reduces harmful ammonia, nitrites, and nitrates to protect your aquatic life.
- • **Jumpstart Your Aquarium Ecosystem:** Instantly add fish with confidence using a powerful nitrifying bacteria formula.

## Overview

API QUICK START is a 237 ml liquid nitrifying bacteria treatment designed for both freshwater and saltwater aquariums. It enables immediate fish introduction by rapidly establishing beneficial bacteria colonies that reduce toxic ammonia and nitrites. Suitable for new tanks, water changes, and filter maintenance, this product is highly rated and trusted by aquarium enthusiasts to prevent fish loss and maintain a healthy aquatic environment.

## Description

Free delivery and returns on eligible orders. Buy API QUICK START Freshwater and Saltwater Aquarium Nitrifying Bacteria 237 ml Bottle at desertcart UK.

Review: Useful, excellent - Useful, excellent
Review: worth the money - provides your tank with a bulk load of good bacteria to help build a colony against amonia and nitrates / nitrites

## Features

- Contains one (1) API QUICK START Freshwater and Saltwater Aquarium Nitrifying Bacteria 237 ml Bottle
- 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
- Use when starting a new aquarium, when adding new fish and when changing water and filter media

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| ASIN | B006YG2GGA |
| Allergen Information | Apple Free |
| Batteries Included | No |
| Batteries required | No |
| Best Sellers Rank | 1,245 in Pet Supplies ( See Top 100 in Pet Supplies ) 6 in Aquarium Water Treatments |
| Colour | Clear |
| Customer Reviews | 4.6 4.6 out of 5 stars (14,867) |
| Date First Available | 21 April 2012 |
| Flavor | FLAVOR 2 |
| Item Form | Liquid |
| Item Weight | 263 g |
| Item model number | 89D |
| Manufacturer recommended age | 1 month and up |
| Number of Items | 1 |
| Pet Life Stage | Young Adult |
| Pet Type | Fish |
| Product Dimensions | 5.08 x 5.08 x 19.05 cm; 263 g |
| Quantity | 1 |
| Size | 237 ml (Pack of 1) |
| Special features | Made In America1 |
| Storage Information | Keep in dry area, Tightly close container after each use |
| Volume | 8 |

## Product Details

- **Brand:** API
- **Item form:** Liquid
- **Item weight:** 263 Grams
- **Liquid volume:** 8 Fluid Ounces
- **Manufacturer:** API

## Images

![API QUICK START - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71W06DK1+LL.jpg)

## Available Options

This product comes in different **Size, Style** options.

## Questions & Answers

**Q: May I use this when cleaning an aquarium weekly instead of using stress enzyme?**
A: Yes, I use it every time I clean the aquarium.  I usually put half the required amount directly into the filter (once I've clean it) and the rest in the tank itself.  Its perfect for introducing new fish to the aquarium as well as when cleaning it out.

**Q: How much quick start should i use when doing a water change? should i use dosage vs total water in the tank (30l) or water i am changing (7.5l) thx**
A: As it's a partial water change; not servicing the filter itself; stick with the amount for the total capacity of the tank will be adequate. A little over will do no harm either, adding a little now & then will keep both the tank & filter up with its ideal bacteria levels to process the muck etc. Some with more money then sense will dump the whole bottle regardless.

**Q: Can this be used to help cycle my new tank for my axolotls?**
A: Yes

**Q: Do I need to remove the carbon whilst using Quick start.**
A: Not at all, its all part of the natural waste breakdown you're attempting to build into the filter system overall. In any-case usual charcoal media is replaced a few times before the rest of the filter needs cleaning out. The charcoal itself will be somewhere else for the good bacteria to colonise. In some cases the bacteria will help quicken the breakdown the mulm clogging up the charcoal too & may extend its use a little.

## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Useful, excellent
*by B***W on 25 October 2025*

Useful, excellent

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ worth the money
*by K***E on 7 January 2026*

provides your tank with a bulk load of good bacteria to help build a colony against amonia and nitrates / nitrites

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Would buy again
*by N***7 on 28 December 2025*

great easy to use and works well

## Frequently Bought Together

- API QUICK START Freshwater and Saltwater Aquarium Nitrifying Bacteria 8-Ounce Bottle
- API STRESS COAT Aquarium Water Conditioner 16-Ounce Bottle
- API ACCU-CLEAR Freshwater Aquarium Water Clarifier 8-Ounce Bottle

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*Store origin: AU*
*Last updated: 2026-02-24*