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Mars Fishcare includes the trade names Aquarian and API (aka Aquarium Pharmaceuticals), two companies owned by Mars, Inc, the makers of food products such as Uncle Ben's rice, Wrigley's gum, and Mars candy bars. Aquarian and API are fish care product manufacturers based in Chalfont, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, in the United States. Both products are made in the same facilities, Aquarian for the UK market and API for the US market.

Aquarian

Aquarian was developed by Forrest Mars, Sr, owner of Mars Inc in 1975 to develop fish foods that were 'superior to all others, but to also prove it with lab-controlled trials'. Aquarian manufactures products for the aquarium such as various forms of fish food, the Aquarian brand Tap Water Safe an aquarium conditioner, and Weekly Cleaner to provide beneficial bacteria necessary for removing ammonia and nitrites from the aquarium water. The Aquarian site also includes several guides to assist the fishkeeper covering subject matter such as beginning fishkeeping, care, nutrition, and health care with a FAQ section. The main product page includes links to each product page which describes the product and its use.

Aquarian products

• Goldfish & Coldwater Flake Food
• Goldfish Pellets
• Tropical & Temperate Flake Food
• Sinking Pellets
• Algae Wafer
• Holiday Feeding Block
• Floating Pond Sticks
• Tap Water Safe
• Weekly Cleaner

Aquarian also has an online fish care guide at the website.

No UK address is given
Telephone number - 44 08000 148173
Aquarian website: https://aquarian.co.uk/api

API

API does not show a company history on their site. Their products, made for aquarium, pond, and turtle environments, the API site also includes several guides for each of freshwater, saltwater, plants, pond, and turtle environments. The main product pages include links to each product page which describes the product and its use. Products include:

• 5-In-1 Test Strips
• Accu-Clear™
• Algae Eater Wafers
• Algaefix
• Algae Pad for Acrylic Aquariums
• Algae Pad for Glass Aquariums
• Algae Scraper for Acrylic Aquariums
• Algae Scraper for Glass Aquariums
• Ammo-Carb™
• Ammo-Chips™
• Ammo Lock™
• Ammonia Test Kit
• Ammonia Test Strips
• Aquarium Salt
• Aquarium Start Up Pack
• Aquatic Plant Food Tablets
• Aquatic Plant Media
• Bettafix™
• Betta Flakes
• Betta Food
• Betta Water
• Betta Water Conditioner
• Bio-Chem Stars™
• Bio-Chem Zorb™
• Bottom Feeder Pellets with Shrimp
• Calcium Test Kit
• Cichlid Large Pellets
• Cichlid Pellets
• CO2 Booster™
• Cool Water Food
• Copper Test Kit
• Crystal Bio-Chem Zorb™
• E.M. Erythromycin™
• Filtration 20 PPI
• Filtration 30 PPI
• Fin & Body Cure™
• Freshwater Master Test Kit
• Fungus Cure™
• Furan-2™
• General Cure™
• GH & KH Test Kit
• Goldfish Aquarium Cleaner
• Goldfish Care Pack
• Goldfish Flakes
• Goldfish Pellets
• Goldfish Protect
• High Range pH Test Kit
• KH Test Kit
• Leaf Zone™
• Marine Algaefix™
• Marine Calcium
• Marine Complete Trace™
• Marine Flakes
• Marine Magnesium
• Marine Melafix™
• Marine Quick Start™
• Marine Stress Coat™
• Marine Stress Zyme™
• Melafix
• Microgial Algae Clean™
• Microfiltration
• Nitrate Test Kit
• Nitrite Test Kit
• Nitra-Zorb™
• Perfect Start
• pH Down™
• pH Test Kit
• pH Test & Adjuster Kit
• pH Test Strips
• pH Up™
• Phosphate Test Kit
• Phos-Zorb™
• Pimafix™
• Pond 5-In-1 Test Strips
• Pond Accu-Clear™
• Pond Algaefix™
• Pond Ammo Lock™
• Pond Chlorine & Heavy Metal Neutralizer
• Pond Ecofix™ Sludge Destroyer™
• Pond Fish Food
• Pond Master Test Kit
• Pond Melafix™
• Pond pH Down™
• Pond pH Up™
• Pond Pimafix™
• Pond Salt
• Pond Simply Clear™
• Pond Stress Coat™
• Pond & Waterfall Cleaner
• Pond Wide Range pH Test Kit
• Pond-Zyme™ Sludge Destroyer™
• Proper pH™ 6.5
• Proper pH™ 7.0
• Proper pH™ 7.5
• Proper pH™ 8.2
• Quick Start™
• Reef Master Test Kit
• Root Tabs™
• Safe and Easy™
• Saltwater Master Test Kit
• Stress Coat
• Stress Zyme™
• Super Activated Carbon
• Super Ick Cure™
• Super Micro Filtration
• Tap Water Conditioner™
• Test Tubes
• Triple Sulfa™
• Tropical Flakes
• Topical Greens Flakes
• Tropical Mini Pellets
• Tropical Pellets
• Turtlefix
• Turtle Sludge Destroyer
• Turtle Water Conditioner
• Vacation Pyramid Fish Feeder
• Water Softener Pillow
• Weekend Pyramid Fish Feeder

API also has the Aquaspin photometer, a device which performs a water analysis on a sample returning a digital readout of parameters including ammonia, calcium, carbonate hardness, general hardness, magnesium, nitrates, nitrites, pH, and phosphate. This is typically purchased by a fish store to analysis a customer provided sample.

Mars Fishcare
50 Hamilton Street
Chalfont, Pennsylvania 18914
Phone (US) 215.822.8181
API Website: https://apifishcare.com