So true Alex, use it or lose it,,, since the market for cichlids began dying and my supplies have now ceased,, I'm already getting very, very rusty with scientific names,, I think at the same time, it chips away at passion levels,, the longer you go not selling and not breeding the easier it gets to not care anymore.
The initial step to stop taking fry and telling shops no more,,, was so, so hard, it felt like I was selling my grandmother.
Possibly,,,,, someone could come and take all my fish, I think I'd have mixed emotions, I would be devastated but relieved at the same time.
When everything is running smooth with production and sales,, I feel like I would do this till I was dead,,,, I absolutely loved the feeling of investing my personal time and even everyday feeding,,, and knowing I absolutely love it and it's making me some handy pocket money which I use to re-invest and buy more new exciting stuff.
It's crazy how my for filled passion relies on wether everyone else is into it or not.
When people stop spending and start penny pinching,,, instantly it's the end of me.
Don't get me wrong I'm likely a bit more passionate for the love of each fish,,, but my true passion lies in the husbandry and the engineering of sciences moulded into economics at the same time.
I havnt met any one else in Perth that could safely say they made profit from breeding fish after all expenses,,, I could pull a decent profit,,, enough to pay for a 8k German order every 3 months or so,, and if I didn't do a German order,, it was my money as reward.
I also put bussines decisions that supported the future first,, and always disregarded the moment of now......
Once people start acting on decisions based on now and disregarding their actions impact on tomorrow, next week, month or year,,, everyone becomes just in it for themselves and not contributing to the jevity of the hobby itself.
Most plain Jane people think it's infinite, and disregards people's hard work,,,,
If the threads on Pcs are checked right back in time on here,,, I warned and I warned and warned,,, numerous times I was bought down for being a money hungry pig with no passion,,, lol,,, never seen so many people group together and be wrong,,,, except for election time in 2007 Kevin 07. Lol.
But I'm not saying everyone didn't know this decline in the hobby would occur.
Just like all typical human beings,,, there's nothing wrong until issues appear.
We got intelligence for hiensight and we can prepare to dictate future outcome,,, the onslaught of the new computer people generation are losing these manual thought skills as formulas and thought processes are now not needed as we all now have endowed our lives to the artificial brain.
Who needs to understand concepts when a computer can do it??,, hah well they think the computer does it.
Again no hostility here,, I'm seeing exactly the same thing in the building game.
Grab a scheduler in the office and ask them questions about the products they quantify and order in relation to the job,, they have no understanding what the product is, what it does or what it looks like, but a absolute gun on the computer.
Ask a scheduler back in 1999 they were full bottle, new everything and a quick phone call could resolve a situation fast,,, now, f ck me, send a email, if they decide to look at it, you may get a response in a week if your lucky,, they then ask questions back because they are lost,, and it just keeps going,, so I don't help out builders any more like I use to,,, they can squalor in their own doings....
COMPUTERS MAKE PEOPLE WEEK PANSY NANCY TEACUP DRINKERS.
But hey, what is my index finger tapping briskly on ???, lol, if you can't beat them, join them,,, hah ha.
Bit of a rant,, but I'm sure you all kept reading and now enlightened by a extra 0.001% lol.
Back on it,, well, anyone know the fish above ???? Threads about that,, now that I've learnt the terms and ethics from the older members on here,, I've noticed I've hijacked myself lol.
Edited by Buccal, 02 July 2016 - 07:30 AM.