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API Aqua Essential treats your tap water, and provide a safe environment for freshwater fish instantly and easily. Tap water contains chlorine, chloramines and ammonia which can cause gill and tissue damage, breathing difficulty, stress and death. API Aqua Essential water conditioner works instantly as a water conditioner to remove chlorine and chloramines from tap water and neutralize heavy metals. API Aqua Essential water conditioners good for both freshwater and saltwater aquariums. API Aqua Essential water conditioner also removes toxic ammonia, nitrites, and nitrates to restore a healthy aquatic environment when your test results show high levels of ammonia, which is extremely toxic for fish. Features: WORKS INSTANTLY: Highly concentrated aquarium treatment works instantly to remove harmful chemicals, making tap water safe for fish in freshwater, saltwater and planted aquariums; Reduces the risk of fish loss when starting or maintaining a fish tank DECHLORINATOR: Removes chlorine, chloramines, heavy metals which are found in tap water and can cause gill and tissue damage, breathing difficulty, stress and fish death AMMONIA REMOVER: Removes the 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 NITRITES AND NITRATES REMOVER: Produced by fish waste and uneaten fish food, nitrites inhibit respiration and suppress the immune system at low levels, while high levels cause suffocation; Nitrates can be harmful to fish and lead to algae growth