The Top Four Reasons to Expand into Aquaculture Probiotics
Considering options to grow or expand your aquaculture business? Are you looking for natural solutions to increase fish farm and shrimp farm yields? Are disease control, water quality, and pond sludge accumulation issues for you or your clients?
If so, probiotic aquaculture products may be the right solution. Probiotics – comprised of concentrated all-natural bacteria – use nature’s own mechanisms to eliminate harmful waste accumulation, directly attack pathogenic diseases, and ultimately, to support the fish’s natural microbiome in optimizing fish health and growth.
Four Reasons to Consider Adding Aquaculture Probiotics
Enabling producers to access these products also presents a great business opportunity for supply distributors, feed manufacturers, and interested entrepreneurs. Here are four reasons you should consider adding aquaculture probiotics to your products:
There’s a Rapidly Growing Market Globally.
The probiotic industry is growing rapidly throughout the world. Currently, the global use of probiotics in animal feed is estimated to be valued at $3.56 B (USD). By 2026, it is projected to reach $6.24B (USD), an annual growth rate of 7.3%. This growth comes in addition to expected growth in animal feeds and associated production supplies for all animal production, with aquaculture one of the fastest growing sectors. This growth is driven by increased consumption of clean-meat and other healthy proteins, improvements in the livestock/aquaculture industry, and an increased focus on eliminating harmful antibiotics and chemicals from the production cycle. (link)Decades of Research Have Shown Powerful Benefits for Aquaculture
While faulty “probiotic” solutions have tarnished their reputation, the reality is that academic research institutes have studied probiotic aquaculture solutions for decades and shown strong results on fish and shrimp health, growth, and production costs, specifically those in the Bacillus and Pseudomonas genus. (link)Probiotics Make Your Other Aquaculture Products Work better
Probiotics function best as part of a comprehensive aquaculture treatment plan. Their effectiveness and growth are supported by effective aeration of the water, and their natural digestion and stress reduction qualities are a natural complement to any aquaculture feed. Sold together, probiotics are a cost-effective way to multiply the effectiveness of your other products, either feeds or water treatment equipment.Aquaculture Probiotics Offer an Excellent Source of Recurring Revenue
While probiotic bacteria can self-replicate once applied to the water environment, regular maintenance doses are still required, on a weekly or monthly basis. This maintenance dosing ensures that the concentration of healthy bacteria is optimized and that the biolayer remains strong throughout your grow cycle. As a distributor, this creates a new recurring revenue stream and deeper relationship, as producers will continue to purchase more probiotic product to maintain the active biolayer in their aquaculture facilities.
QB Labs Offers Eco-Friendly Aquaculture Water Treatment Products Made in the US
QB Labs produces aquaculture products which have been used for over 20 years, with solutions specifically engineered for extensive, intensive, and hatchery growing conditions. We manufacture these products both under our own QB brand, as well as through private label arrangements with distributors around the world.