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Aspire to make a difference

What is your aspiration and why does it matter?

The purpose



People often ask me why i am so passionate about the aquarium hobby and why am i doing what i do? Providing information, wasting time typing away and then share all these information. Worst part some people even use my information for their benefits. Why i do that?

They tell me i think you should not spend time to benefit others and even if i do choose to keep sharing and writing you should make your articles worth the while. Make it paid articles.

i say no, i think in life we are all measured too much by KPI and matrix cause and effect. If i do this i should get that. I find since there is no structured school or syllabus to study on this hobby, i think sharing proven data is the next best thing. Make everyone have equal chance to learn in this hobby. I was fortunate to have learn from a great Taiwan breeder and i want to reach out to as many as i can with my post.

To me i don’t think i’m wasting my time typing away, i see this as time invested so shrimp hobbyist can benefit. If i can reach 10 people great if i can reach 100 superb! I do what i can in my own time to help spread the joy of this hobby.

That is the purpose and why i keep this going.




Aspiration


Have aspiration! It is good regardless it’s life or this hobby where you aspire to have a championship boa or 20 tanks or something. Have aspiration and to share my aspiration apart from the shrimp goals i have, i have one particularly close to my heart.

I aspire to make a difference.

Like my purpose i would like to reach out and hear from you and learn from you about your shrimp breeding journey. This is by no means that i don’t have setbacks. I actually do. When i start sharing too much some people will take advantage of the situation and benefit out of it by either using my information and then telling others it’s theirs and sell a product.

Certainly i always believe there are black sheep among the white ones and i have met countless of good people. One example is that i know of someone from Europe whom i have chat with and because they have been to Singapore and so we chat even outside of shrimp breeding and talking about the Satay (a local skewered and grilled meat, served with a sauce). Another whom i have shared many of my family worries with had in return shared his grandfather secret of curing common cold. Some have shared with me their life long journey and advise me what i can do and should do.

People asked me why are you wrapping lubao yourself, don’t they have a machine to do that? yes, there are. However, what i’m doing is wrapping them individually myself, each ball with love, pouring seeds of happiness and so all your shrimps are happy. Irreplaceable by machines. Like a craft, a chef cooking his food all done manually.

To be open and vulnerable and aspiring to make a difference can be rough at times when taken advantage but we keep pushing on and focus on the journey ahead.

So have aspiration in your hobby, keeps you more engage and share them with others, if nobody wants to hear you, send a note to me, i’ want to hear what your aspiration is for shrimp breeding.





Do what matters


Life is short.

Don’t count the days, make the days count. This is the same for breeding, if you would like to have a nice boa or excellent black fancy, go for it. Set it as a goal for the year and strive towards it. Make every day count, because shrimp life cycle is very short, at best 2-2.5 years pushing it. So every molt, every water change matters.

It’s a race against time when we are talking about selective breeding, how much can we extract the gene out of the male into the female. The reason why we have a 2-4M to 20F ratio is to shorten the time required to achieve the goal and also reduce the probability when both the male and female molt and the male will not be able to mate so other males will help in this case. The shrimps wouldn’t last forever to breed, the older it gets the lesser it will breed and even if they do, risk dying of complications. The life cycle is very short hence plan out what it is, select 2-4 best Males and use all available female that you can get. If you do this right, you will have hundreds of shrimplet and then the selection begins.

Do what matters. Make the days count.

Hope you have learn something from this post and have a great weekend!


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Believe in your Passion and Dream!

Follow your Dream



Shrimp Breeding


Shrimp breeding for some can be a daunting task and have met many problems and setback along the way. Tank crash, mass death due to some error that has happen.

It is easy to be disappointed and discourage and tell yourself this is as good as it gets, i’ll just learn to live with it. We all go through setbacks, disappointment and pain. However, this pain that we go through is part of the shrimp breeding process. It is what we do in this situation that will determine the outcome. This will change us, we re-evaluate our processes and technique, we refine our skills to shrimp breeding. Every painful time even if you don’t like it, it’s developing something in you.

Eventually if you decide to go through it, you will emerge with more knowledge of how to deal with it, a total change in your breeding setup. How you want to deal with the situation is up to you.

You can come out bitter or come out better?

You can come out defeated and giving up your dream or you can come out passionate with a new fire, remembering your dream of what you truly want to do. The new opportunities in getting where you want to be and a revitalization of your breeding setup are some of the things you can change to be better.

we all know sometimes we make poor choices, we were led by people who i was too a victim and i had to deal with the consequences. All of us experience some form of challenges, don’t go through it, grow through it. Gain new knowledge, talk to people who have succeed. By not quitting, you will eventually come out better.

if you encounter setbacks during shrimp breeding such as they are not breeding, lots of shrimp death, etc, don’t take it as a setback but a setup for better things to come. Re-look and plan again how your setup is done, look at ways of improving. Eventually you will grow through it and be successful.




Selective breeding


It takes a long time to see results in selective breeding as it requires time and patience. It’s easy to get discourage and be cover under disappointment, setbacks, failures that let us lose our dream.

Easy to settled for mediocrity, at one time you were all fired up and passionate about breeding really good shrimp, you believe you have the right setup to do it but over time, some setbacks, had some bad breaks that weigh you down. You can settle where you are and nobody will fault you. The naysayers will be happy that your dreams are dash, encouraging you to let it go, it’s impossible they say. However, don’t believe those lies. It’s not too late to dust it off and forge towards your dream.

There are plenty of naysayers who are looking at what you are doing, making side remarks and telling you that you couldn’t make it. Deep down thinking you will fail. Hoping you will fail. A true mark of a Champion is when the naysayers throw dirt on you, you keep shaking it off. Keep moving forward. If you don’t have a dream that is alive and well, you wouldn’t have those naysayers going against you. If your dream of selective breeding has been toss aside, it is time to re-live it again. Setup a plan again to select and move towards your goal and dream. Share your goals and dream with like minded people.







Dream Simply


I have a goal and dream. That is to help and reach out to others in need and i know i can only reach out to so many people, but i hope those people whom i have reached out will help reach out to more. Only then will the community be better, and i fully understand the balance there will always be naysayers, but don’t let those pull you down.

This is the reason i write in the blog to share as much information as i can, to help those in need; hence the name Shrimp Sanctuary. For breeders to breeders.




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The importance of grow up tank

The importance of grow up tank



Grow up tank


Why do we need grow up tank? There are quite a lot of benefits of a grow up tank and if you are like me is passionate about selective breeding, than a grow up tank is encouraged.

I was struggling in the beginning when i had to give up tank space for a grow up tank. However, once i started the selective process and using the grow up tank it became clear to me that there are a lot of benefits to it.




Benefits of Grow Up tank


I think firstly the most importance aspect of having a grow up tank is the shrimplets certainly have a higher survival rate.

Having a higher survival rate is understood from the following:

  1. Reduce cannibalisms by adults during molting
  2. Lesser competition of daily feed and grazing material

It is also important to note that shrimplet as small as 0.8-1cm will start mating and if you are selective breeding, this is not ideal. If an un-desirable male mates with the stock females in the main tank, this will means that the selection process is halted.

That is also one key element that having a grow up tank is critical.




Grow up faster


I learnt and actually also see from my observation that shrimplet that have their own tank grow up much faster than those who are together with their parents. This could be contributed by many factors such as availability of space and food.

In addition, i learn that to trigger quicker molting, perform a much higher frequency of water change such as every 3-4 days instead of the weekly routine. This helps trigger the shrimplets to molt faster and grow.

The faster the shrimplet grows up the quicker you can start selecting and kickstart the next generation of shrimp breeding by crossing back.



Taken together


With these in mind, it is important that having a grow up tank is important. They will have their own space, food and grazing material. Hence, for my own breeding tanks and grow up tank, i do see a significant increase in shrimplet survivability and also faster growth rate.

If you do not have the space to have a grow up tank, my recommendation is that we can re-think the number of types you would like to keep and breed. This will then allow you more time and space to focus on the ones you really like to breed.

Hope you learn something from this post!


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