NoobtoSalt
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Giving me ideas of wanting to do a shark tank again. Can't wait to see this continue on. You've been waiting for this for so long.
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beadlocked450r
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Have you figured out what your going to do about the room humidity yet? I have worked with a customer who had a pool in the middle of his house with no way to seperate it from the house and he had rain in the house from the humidity. We got him a product called desert air,it was a giant dehumidifier. The big problem you will have is the salt in the air will attack most hvac equipment and cut years off the life of it.
The humidity issue has been the biggest factor, not for just the big pool, but the others. I have looked into the desert aire and pool pack systems whose costs are enormous, warranties are short, as you mentioned before - not designed for a harsh environment like salt water.
We are implementing several measures to help with humidity issue. The interior walls are made from hardie - exterior wall concrete siding, the roof is going to be a translucent laminate polycarbonate with central insulation. The material resists condensation, provides insulation, and also an issue will help reduce the heat gain in the summer from the southern exposure it faces. Forced hot air will also be directed to prone areas to reduce condensation. The roof will also open, to aid in controlling heat gain and humidity when temperatures are appropriate. Vapor barriers will be placed on the interior and exterior walls in some places. The pool has only one connection to the house with a vestibule separating the two. That said, the electrician has met with the HVAC people just in case I end up with that rainforest effect. I had it engineered for humidity control by Desert aire and the size and cost of just the dehumidification the unit was and good 1/4 of the entire project.
I'll probably call you if you don't mind. I would like to hear your thoughts.
You saw the early pics I posted of the indoor pool - it truly was a rainforest.
We are implementing several measures to help with humidity issue. The interior walls are made from hardie - exterior wall concrete siding, the roof is going to be a translucent laminate polycarbonate with central insulation. The material resists condensation, provides insulation, and also an issue will help reduce the heat gain in the summer from the southern exposure it faces. Forced hot air will also be directed to prone areas to reduce condensation. The roof will also open, to aid in controlling heat gain and humidity when temperatures are appropriate. Vapor barriers will be placed on the interior and exterior walls in some places. The pool has only one connection to the house with a vestibule separating the two. That said, the electrician has met with the HVAC people just in case I end up with that rainforest effect. I had it engineered for humidity control by Desert aire and the size and cost of just the dehumidification the unit was and good 1/4 of the entire project.
I'll probably call you if you don't mind. I would like to hear your thoughts.
You saw the early pics I posted of the indoor pool - it truly was a rainforest.
psusocr
Active member
PoolPak units can be designed with herisitic coating on the coils and also to run Brine water, so if the unit is in its own HVAC room( like public pools that run saltwater) then there isnt a need to worry about corrosion. I sell them alot as saltwater pools are coming more popular
ReachTheSky
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This will be phenomenal. Best of luck on your journey, alprazo.
Still working on some of that stuff. The main focus right now is going to be with the benthic systems since I have completely run out of space for my current stock.
I sent up an account with the importer and can purchase very fine Bahamas oolithic aragonite sand by the ton. It is what I currently use in my systems.
I plan to design an up flow system as done in most public aquariums and will likely use a lager grade silica sand or stone for that. I still need to source it.
I've spoken to Doug at Aquaculture systems technologies and I am thinking about either the bubblebead with the nitrotech media or polygeyser. I currently use the Aqua UV ultima IIs on all of my current systems. I like the nitrification capabilities and the minimal waste when backwashing the bubble bead and polygeyser filters.
I have an RK2 skimmer, the giant SRO cone skimmer and will probably add another. I spoke with reeflo and unfortunately they have discontinued the needle wheel impellar that fits hammerhead pump. MRC makes real nice industrial skimmers but I had issues with the attitude of their sales staff and went with RK2.
I have been collecting pumps and have a mix (1/3 to 1 hp) of sweetwater, reeflo and rk2 waiting for use. Oxygen over flow is my biggest concern with the sharks and with the upflow design and little to no liverock, current is of less concern. I plan to use degassing towers and I am considering placing them outside for better exchange. It will also have a nice cooling effect. I hope to put supplemental pure oxygen with air diffusers on a DO controller if there is a temporary drop.
I have 1 1/2 HP of chiller plus I am going to place the temperate system directly on the concrete pad that sits about 10 feet below grade. I hoping that should keep me around 55-65 F.
Again - I am open to any ideas so please post. Right now I think the benthic tanks will be tile and acrylic like the photos below
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TNTtropical
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looking great alprazo, keep up the nice build!!
