Special edition
The Journey
My journey in this shrimp hobby hasn’t always been smooth sailing, and that is the reason i failed time and time again. Many times in the course of it, i have invested time, resources, thoughts, learning but still i have failed. If you ever had learn early on in your shrimp hobby that if there is something that you could have done better, that learning would be priceless. If someone would be able to share with you or guide you along the way, you wouldn’t have so many heartaches.
I think more often than not, failing is not what is stopping us. It is not trying again and again. The fear of failing and looking bad is often frown upon. It is untrue that everyone need to be successful from day one. I think if you haven’t fail, you haven’t learn. There are people who learn from other failure so they don’t fall into it and i think that is another way of learning. As i’m passionate about learning a better way hence i’m not afraid to fail as i know each time if i fail and stand up, i inch myself towards the goal.
To achieve these goal we need to apply discipline and consistency, we have to work at it. The basic fundamental about water parameters, selective breeding, food, shrimp source are all part of the process. Don’t confuse doing more as progression in shrimp keeping. Sometimes doing less is more.
To all shrimp breeders out there, keep pushing forward towards your own goal. While everyone spending capacity is different, it is more important to find an area that is within your means. It is not what you have, but what you do with what you have. When you learn something that works, share it freely a thought an idea and help another breeder in need. This will in my opinion encourage a better community moving forward. The age of the forum is diminishing or has already long gone, there are rarely any discussion and open ideas to learn and contemplate. While we embrace technology and the move from one platform to the next, i always believe the faintest ink will outlast the strongest memory. Hence, it got me to keep writing after so many years and also to make a difference.
Early on in the shrimp journye i have failed with tank crashes, water parameter swing and all kinds of failure but it didn’t stop me. I was misguided and it was my fallacy that i wasn’t smart enough to know it wasn’t right (even with fish-keeping experience, thinking shrimp is different so i believed what was said). I started asking questions and to challenge the norm but it was really difficult to get credible information. If you followed my blog in the beginning, i have learn and change the methodology and fail and learn again. While there isn’t a best way of shrimp keeping, there is always a better way.
I have tried lubao and failed many times but over these years i kept trying and now i can share it with others the technique less the heart pain that i have gone through. Cycling process, food, water change, reminerizer and all i have tested and tried, fail and learn and gain more knowledge. I didn’t quit. Along the way, i met with scammers and jealous people that push me down, still i didn’t quit. Because each time i get up, i got stronger.
So can you.
Never be discourage, never hold back, give everything you got in this journey.
-Only the Best-
