mold an fungi

[BryanB]

I dont understand why it is always thought to be bad. most wild snakes lives with it every day and if you have a bioactive setup it is what your springs eat. It is the mold that breaks down most waist. In my frog tanks i love to see the range of molds and such my fave is slime molds. Anyway whats the big deal with molds and fungi?

not a pic from my tank but cool slime mold grows on the glass some times but dosnt last long.
http://cdn.media.discovermagazine.com/~/media/import/images/2/a/8/slimemold.jpg?mw=900

[Aaron_S]

Frog tanks are not my breeding rack system. Mold and fungi do not belong!

[RandyRhoads]

They are an essential part of the ecosystem where they can reproduce freely with gas exchange and winds. A lot of viv molds are not good for you or your snake. Even the delicious edible Pleurotis ostreatus can cause COPD after repeated exposure to the trillions of dense spores it throws out. This is common for us mushroom cultivators, and why we use N95 HEPA masks when innoculating substrates, cloning, harvesting, ect... So imagine living in a closed spaced with NO gas exchange. Bad news for you, and an RI would be much more likely.

[BryanB]

ok i just wanted to know what people thought. I have never had any molds in my boa cages but they are humid but not wet like the frog vivs.

[Aaron_S]

They are an essential part of the ecosystem where they can reproduce freely with gas exchange and winds. A lot of viv molds are not good for you or your snake. Even the delicious edible Pleurotis ostreatus can cause COPD after repeated exposure to the trillions of dense spores it throws out. This is common for us mushroom cultivators, and why we use N95 HEPA masks when innoculating substrates, cloning, harvesting, ect... So imagine living in a closed spaced with NO gas exchange. Bad news for you, and an RI would be much more likely.

You're smarter than the average bear...

[RandyRhoads]

You're smarter than the average bear...
Thanks, I think it might be ADHD.:O_o: I go full force on one hobby, learn as much as I can, and within the week i'm on a new one. I can't keep up with myself.

[beardeds4life]

Thanks, I think it might be ADHD.:O_o: I go full force on one hobby, learn as much as I can, and within the week i'm on a new one. I can't keep up with myself.

Im the same way with what type of new animal I want. I know how to take care of everything from elephants to monkeys. I know though that I would never get something like that.

[Mark Taylor]

ADHD isn't that considered a disability? In you case I think not lol.

[Will0W783]

I study ADHD in my work, and I honestly think that there is more to it than a simple "disability." In our ancestral days, we were hunter/gatherers. Individuals who were more energetic, active, and easily noticed subtle sounds/sights/etc caught more food, and therefore survived to reproduce. However, when we changed to a sedentary, agricultural society, individuals who were patient, could pay attention to one thing for a long time, and were more laid-back did better. However, not all clans were sedentary; some remained nomadic and they interbred, interspersed, etc. So you can see why the personality traits we often equate with ADHD arose, and why they are still around today.
Certain jobs will serve certain people better.....ADHD types will not do well in an office setting, but would likely thrive as artists, or landscapers, or construction workers...anything that keeps them moving and engaged.

Is it truly a disorder though? ADHD is associated with higher levels of creativity and abstract thinking, much as other disorders like depression, bipolar, and schizophrenia are....these disorders co-occur with ADHD in many cases. However, the short attention span and quick thinking allow the individual to run through a lot of ideas in his/her head, and it allows them energy to try new avenues, etc. They won't doggedly stick with a path that isn't working...they'll go off doing something new. These are not always bad traits.
The trick is in learning to adapt your basic personality to your life, and this comes with maturity. Sure, it's easy to take every kid that fidgets in kindergarten and stuff them full of stimulant medications until they sit still and stare at the teacher, but at what cost? My research shows that early life treatment with Ritalin decreases the brain's flexibility, or ability to shift attention to new things and to adapt to changes in the environment....this means the creative tendencies are dampened, and the child will be paying attention to ONE thing because they can't shift attention elsewhere. In the most extreme cases, they are rigidly hyperfocused.
Society needs creative thinkers, we need high energy people to infuse others with their energy (public speakers, politicians).
I think we need to think hard about the way we teach our children and what their brains can handle at each developmental stage. They're NOT mini-adults....yet we try to teach them like they are.

[BryanB]

I study ADHD in my work, and I honestly think that there is more to it than a simple "disability." In our ancestral days, we were hunter/gatherers. Individuals who were more energetic, active, and easily noticed subtle sounds/sights/etc caught more food, and therefore survived to reproduce. However, when we changed to a sedentary, agricultural society, individuals who were patient, could pay attention to one thing for a long time, and were more laid-back did better. However, not all clans were sedentary; some remained nomadic and they interbred, interspersed, etc. So you can see why the personality traits we often equate with ADHD arose, and why they are still around today.
Certain jobs will serve certain people better.....ADHD types will not do well in an office setting, but would likely thrive as artists, or landscapers, or construction workers...anything that keeps them moving and engaged.

Is it truly a disorder though? ADHD is associated with higher levels of creativity and abstract thinking, much as other disorders like depression, bipolar, and schizophrenia are....these disorders co-occur with ADHD in many cases. However, the short attention span and quick thinking allow the individual to run through a lot of ideas in his/her head, and it allows them energy to try new avenues, etc. They won't doggedly stick with a path that isn't working...they'll go off doing something new. These are not always bad traits.
The trick is in learning to adapt your basic personality to your life, and this comes with maturity. Sure, it's easy to take every kid that fidgets in kindergarten and stuff them full of stimulant medications until they sit still and stare at the teacher, but at what cost? My research shows that early life treatment with Ritalin decreases the brain's flexibility, or ability to shift attention to new things and to adapt to changes in the environment....this means the creative tendencies are dampened, and the child will be paying attention to ONE thing because they can't shift attention elsewhere. In the most extreme cases, they are rigidly hyperfocused.
Society needs creative thinkers, we need high energy people to infuse others with their energy (public speakers, politicians).
I think we need to think hard about the way we teach our children and what their brains can handle at each developmental stage. They're NOT mini-adults....yet we try to teach them like they are.

Not what I expected to come out of a thread about mold and fungi but very interesting. So the short story is those of you that have had drugs to fix your ADHD and those that have never had it are doomed during the zombie apocolips

[Lankyrob]

That very interesting Kim, i was diagnosed with "mild ADD" as a child but wasnt overly disruptive and my parents refused to medicate me "he's different, so what?".

When i started work i found that i could not only pick up work processes extremely easily but could find shortcuts and quicker ways of doing things as well. My mind constantly wanders but seems to pick things up without me realising.

Even when i was a manager i always had a crossword and sudoku book open on my desk as i needed something for my mind to work on when i was doing "boring" work.