Haha, good question sis. I am in the red can't even sell a single piece yet cos haven't have a good population for the good grades. Have you recover?
Yes, earned back setup cost only
Yes, making profits
No, still in the red
No idea, never keep track
I know most of you are rearing shrimps as a hobby. I do too. But, when the population of the shrimps is too much, you have to offload, right?
So far, do you recover your initial setup cost, and start making money from those shrimps sale? Can we have a poll?
Last edited by brightsp@rky; 29th Mar 2009 at 22:34.
Brightsp@rky
~ Mother to 3 kids, and numerous CRS ~
Haha, good question sis. I am in the red can't even sell a single piece yet cos haven't have a good population for the good grades. Have you recover?
actually even if they are making money, i don't think they will put the poll as yes... most probably they will just don't participate in the poll or put it under red...
i have always wanted to make or recover some money in this hobby as i have spend a lot in this hobby, just can't get enough stuff. Also i feel this hobby seems to be endless. Once in a while something fresh will pop up.
haven't really touch shrimp yet, but if one day i were to be successful in breeding them, will surely sell them. But i don't think i will ever make a profit in this hobby.
Still in the red.
Never intended to make money in the beginning.
Sold off mainly A grades CRS.
These are the easiest to sell.
Cheers
Acit
IMHO, only sulawesi shrimps will provide enough margins to make it worth the time, effort and cost of selling
I think we should not even think about making $$$ out of hobby. If you do, why not become breeder instead . just an opinion
As I mentioned in my 1st post. Most of us didn't go in with the intention to make $$$. Like my case, it just happened that I have a lot of shrimps, so instead of letting them die due to over-crowding, we sell. So, it is accidental.
No, I am not a breeder...I have a nice tank, and the CRS are productive, that's all.
Brightsp@rky
~ Mother to 3 kids, and numerous CRS ~
i'll be happy just to see my CRS breeding
i agree with sparky, selling instead of culling is just a positive "side-effect" from successfully fishkeeping... this case, shrimp keeping
Cheers,
Melvin Lim
I think being a breeder is one of the funnest job in the world. Although I'm not one it is the process of selective breeding that really fascinates me - probably due to some farmer gene that I possess
Even though my ultimate goal may be creating a beautiful shrimp(s) and money is secondary, the fact that I could sell lifestock that I produce along the way is strangely rewarding and that I'm quite ok about
Also just an opinion
Interesting theory or thought. But "easy to breed", I think may be true for some. But for most of us, a lot of our initial shrimps went to shrimp heaven , and only those who were patient and persevered finally see "light at the end of the tunnel" whereby their shrimps survived, and then breed. It is a long process. .
Well, good to hear from the different opinions.
Brightsp@rky
~ Mother to 3 kids, and numerous CRS ~
Everytime I make back my money, I see a new shrimp species that I like. I think I will never get back my money ever.
I have a problem in which I startup another tank when the population increases. Have not sold anything thus far.
Haha...this is funny...now I know why some of you are in the red. hehe
Brightsp@rky
~ Mother to 3 kids, and numerous CRS ~
i know of people who keep a tank full of mosuras.. initially was making money from breeding and selling. but due to a power failure. he end up losing alot cause all the mosura died. so i guess this type of things also got big risk.. need to take good care of tank and should not treat CRS as money making machine.
my 0.2cents.
That is where they should hedge the risks by splitting them up to more tanks. But power failure can't be helped... even split also no use unless he gets a UPS.
By the way, how often do power failures occur in Singapore? Think can be counted in one hand for occurences over the past 10 years.
You can make money from shrimps if you are into cherry shrimps. They are easy to take care and breed like rabbits. Can't make much but you won't see red as investment and risks are low.
To make money from CRS, you must have sufficient knowledage in keeping crs and willing to fork out quite an amount for the initial investment. Its a high risk investment but profits can be quite substantial.
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