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A very simple and cheap addition to your treatment is to supplement tank water with probiotic bacteria. This will reduce adhesion sites, where the non-pathogenic bacteria (probiotics) will outcompete the pathogenic bacteria. (Flavobacterium columnare )
 
RD. said:
A very simple and cheap addition to your treatment is to supplement tank water with probiotic bacteria. This will reduce adhesion sites, where the non-pathogenic bacteria (probiotics) will outcompete the pathogenic bacteria. (Flavobacterium columnare )
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That's...ingenious. I never thought of that.
 
From post # 245

http://monsterfishkeepers.com/forum...ics-in-aquaculture.536531/page-9#post-7011317

http://www.veterinaryresearch.org/content/44/1/27


Columnaris disease in fish: a review with emphasis on bacterium-host interactions


Abstract
Flavobacterium columnare (F. columnare) is the causative agent of columnaris disease. This bacterium affects both cultured and wild freshwater fish including many susceptible commercially important fish species. F. columnare infections may result in skin lesions, fin erosion and gill necrosis, with a high degree of mortality, leading to severe economic losses. Especially in the last decade, various research groups have performed studies aimed at elucidating the pathogenesis of columnaris disease, leading to significant progress in defining the complex interactions between the organism and its host. Despite these efforts, the pathogenesis of columnaris disease hitherto largely remains unclear, compromising the further development of efficient curative and preventive measures to combat this disease. Besides elaborating on the agent and the disease it causes, this review aims to summarize these pathogenesis data emphasizing the areas meriting further investigation.


Probiotics appear to be a promising way in the prevention of different bacterial diseases in aquaculture [122]. Boutin et al. isolated different strains of commensal bacteria from the skin mucus of unstressed brook charr (Salvelinus fontinalis) which in vitro revealed antagonistic effects against F. columnare




I like to think of it as a preemptive strike against a whole host of potential pathogens, while at the same time it breaks down & consumes organics in ones tank. A win-win that costs very little. Pennies a month ....
 
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RD. said:
From post # 245

http://monsterfishkeepers.com/forum...ics-in-aquaculture.536531/page-9#post-7011317

http://www.veterinaryresearch.org/content/44/1/27


Columnaris disease in fish: a review with emphasis on bacterium-host interactions


Abstract
Flavobacterium columnare (F. columnare) is the causative agent of columnaris disease. This bacterium affects both cultured and wild freshwater fish including many susceptible commercially important fish species. F. columnare infections may result in skin lesions, fin erosion and gill necrosis, with a high degree of mortality, leading to severe economic losses. Especially in the last decade, various research groups have performed studies aimed at elucidating the pathogenesis of columnaris disease, leading to significant progress in defining the complex interactions between the organism and its host. Despite these efforts, the pathogenesis of columnaris disease hitherto largely remains unclear, compromising the further development of efficient curative and preventive measures to combat this disease. Besides elaborating on the agent and the disease it causes, this review aims to summarize these pathogenesis data emphasizing the areas meriting further investigation.


Probiotics appear to be a promising way in the prevention of different bacterial diseases in aquaculture [122]. Boutin et al. isolated different strains of commensal bacteria from the skin mucus of unstressed brook charr (Salvelinus fontinalis) which in vitro revealed antagonistic effects against F. columnare




I like to think of it as a preemptive strike against a whole host of potential pathogens, while at the same time it breaks down & consumes organics in ones tank. A win-win that costs very little. Pennies a month ....
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Thanks so much this is great. Also do you know where I can get probiotics for fish use? Like a brand name or something.
 
RD, is that like using RID-X in the tank? I dose my tanks with it several times a month to aid in the breakdown of solids in the filters, is this an added bonus to that??
 
I posted a link to the sticky thread gents. And yes Josh, it's called competitive exclusion and is also covered in my initial post in that sticky. :)
 
I wasn't aware that was considered a probiotic, but then again I've never really researched it further than its use in aquariums haha. awesome
 
The title of that thread is: The Use of Probiotics in Aquaculture :)
 
You posted in it, just a few posts after the one that I posed about F. columnare. Post # 249. lol
 
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