If you haven’t heard of his name in the shrimp industry then you got to trace back his accomplishments and history. I held back this post for the longest time because I wanted to validate and be sure if he is what others claim he is. Apparently he is the real deal and that he is also the Pioneer of shrimp breeding.
He started this way back in 2003 when the CRS shrimp was selectively bred in Japan. He took the plunge to bring back some and breed. It took him many try and error to even get it right. It was painstakingly difficult in the beginning. Through that he vouch he will guide people who are really keen in shrimp breeding. He is also the first judge for the first shrimp competition and to get there during the beginning stage is really an uphill challenge. To setup the criteria for grading etc.
After a year of interaction and multiple visits to his shrimp farm i decided it is time where I share this article to others who are interested to learn and breed shrimp. The no nonsense character is what defines Hwa. Like many Bankers say, the best answer is a Yes and the second best answer is a fast No.
For him he has taught me how to breed shrimp right from the start and his setup is really neat and clean with minimum additive to the formula. He doesn’t believe in complicating the setup by adding this and that, which I think is why many shrimp breeders are unable to get from good to great.
Why did I say that? Reason being is simple, if you keep easy to breed shrimp, how would one improve their understanding of shrimp keeping? The only reason why an expensive shrimp 8 years ago remain expensive today is because it is difficult and not through marketing efforts. We know that King Kong shrimp used to be very expensive when they appear on the market which created a hype but that was short lived because it was easy to breed. The prices plummeted 10 folds. Will that happen to black fancy tiger? Maybe! But so far it hasn’t been that easy and like mentioned earlier it’s not so easy. Is this due to breeders only releasing it slowly keeping lots of stock? well, the matter of fact is that “white fancy” or the not so dark ones are massively bred and breeders are telling them they will turn darker if mix with this and that. I wanted to refute this notion because many breeders lie in this industry or they don’t tell the full truth. Of all shrimp, Hwa specifically told me that this shrimp is difficult because like all selectively bred shrimp it only get more difficult by time.
Coming back to the main topic of this post is he doesn’t advertise much or reach out to overseas customer. His main spoken language is mandarin and local dialect. I was lucky to learn a lot from him as I was able to converse in his language.
Hwa has been a judge, a mentor and a contributor to the shrimp industry for more than a decade and will continue to serve the community by guiding hobbyist on how to go from good to great. The only caveat is if you are English speaking, you can contact me and I will share what he teaches or look at my other blog post.
Hence, in this shrimp industry many want to ride on the bandwagon to keep selling shrimp but fail to provide proper guidance which is also why the shrimp scene in Singapore has slowly disappear. Those who remain are those who are really keen in breeding because of the fundamental they have learn. I had the opportunity to share what I learn to a few and I hope that this continue.
Thank you for passing on the wisdom! I think this is one way shrimp keeping will get better, kinder and more successful.
You are most welcome. That is the purpose of the blog.