Seachem products have been and continue to be based on sound science. They now cover the full spectrum of aquarium requirements in freshwater, seawater, reefs, and ponds. They include buffers, conditioners, filtration media, medications, and test kits. Most of Seachem's products are totally unique and specific to Seachem.

These include MatrixCarbon™, the only beaded (spherical) activated carbon available anywhere, Ammonia Alert™, the only economical and effective continuous ammonia monitor, Purigen®, the only selective organic adsorbent, and, Flourite®, the only cost-effective porous clay based substrate for the plant aquarium. Seachem remains the only company to provide known value reference samples with its test kits. Seachem was the first to develop and offer test kits for iodine and strontium; the first to offer Cichlid salts and buffers designed specifically for particular cichlid environments; and the first to develop phosphate free buffers for the planted aquarium as well as a parameter specific line of plant supplements.

So you've decided to start an aquarium. No matter what type of aquarium you want to keep, freshwater community, marine, reef or plant, Seachem has products to help you reach your goals. For any aquarium set up, there will be some key products necessary to get you going. Below are our recommendations.