edandsandy
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How is everyone dealing with the humidity in your fish room/home ???
Our windows are dripping wet everyday! :hmm4:
Our windows are dripping wet everyday! :hmm4:
humidity in your fish room
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So are mine...
Just have the cleaning lady clean the mold off the windows when they clean the house....LOL
Not a good answer but other than running a dehumidifier you really don't have a choice.
edandsandy
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We are running a small dehumidifier right now....
But the windows are dripping wet and actually doing damage to the window sill (sp?)
We are thinking about leaving the door open to the fish room to see if that helps.
But the windows are dripping wet and actually doing damage to the window sill (sp?)
We are thinking about leaving the door open to the fish room to see if that helps.
i have ht same problem with a 100 gallon system. I think alot has to do with surface area of the water too! I have a fuge, 55 bow , 30 sump and get alot of wetness and mold. I have to wipe down the walls almost everyday!
PS: Is your house insulated? Mine is not and i think that makes it worse.
PS: Is your house insulated? Mine is not and i think that makes it worse.
edandsandy
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LOL! but no, we are having record lows again! the temp. dropped to the mid 20's last night and we live at the beach! we are expecting snow by Thursday night, not like up north or out west, its the kind that make our roads ice.... and we certainly don't know how to drive on iced roads here!
well at lease I don't anyway :eek2:
edandsandy
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yes our home is insulated...
our walls and ceiling in the fish room are FRP board, so I don't really mind if they are damp.
edandsandy
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Hey Bax,
I left the ventilation on the fish room up to the contractor... BIG mistake!
we suffered through it last year, and we are having a worse time this year because of our record lows here. Yes, the room has a vent, the contractor installed a bathroom vent in the ceiling with a thermostat. The thermostat is set at 75...
So far the only thing working for us is leaving the door open to the fish room and the dehumidifier. Ed said today he came home and the dehumidifier had tripped one of the breakers in the room :furious: damn contractor......
Just wondering what else we could possibly do at this point....
Bax
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Is it an adjustable T-Stat? Turn it to say 65, if it runs too much notch it up. If it is not adjustable remove it and put in one from HD for about $16. They have them by the attic vent fans. You could also pull the T-Stat and put in a Humidistat to oprate the fan, but I found the T-Stat did the trick.
iamwrasseman
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i have 17 tanks in my house and humidity is high but hasn't created any damage yet .i run my heater on fan to reduce humid areas .seems to work but i evaporate 6 to 6 gallons a day all together.
Not to mention what damage is being done to your wall cavities, the drywall, insulation and wall studs if the room is wood framed.
At this point you should either get additional portable dehumidifiers, invest in a large whole house dehumidifier or figure out someway to vent more of that humid air to the outside.
can you add a window fan to blow out of the room, and open the door to allow house air into the room. The window fan would need to run for an hour or so. of course you will lose warm air from the house but it should remove the majority of the water laden air.
i used to do this for an hour every evening. worked prety well for me.
Other things to do: get a constant running extractor and place a cone over the skimmer "air" outlet. The air from the skimmer is very humid, and removing that one factor rigght there may help a lot.
Also, eliminate as much splashing in the system as possible, and if you can, cover any sump not needing to be open to the air. All little things help.
Paul.
i used to do this for an hour every evening. worked prety well for me.
Other things to do: get a constant running extractor and place a cone over the skimmer "air" outlet. The air from the skimmer is very humid, and removing that one factor rigght there may help a lot.
Also, eliminate as much splashing in the system as possible, and if you can, cover any sump not needing to be open to the air. All little things help.
Paul.
Bax
Premium Member
These are great tips, keep in mind any evap you limit holds heat in the water, so you may want to monitor temps and adjust your chiller controller as you cover things up
Sandy - I haven't seen that problem in my little fish room.
If you don't have one, go to Wally World and pick up one of those inexpensive digital humidity gauges. At least you'll know at what relative humidity the moisture starts accumulating...
Paul's suggestions are spot on... in addition, open the door from the fishroom to the rec room. The rest of your house would probably benefit from a little extra humidity...
LL
edandsandy
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WOW! thanks everyone for all your useful tips :love1:
We will try some of these tips and let you know how they work out...
Bax, yes, our thermostat is adjustable, I never thought about setting the thermostatic to 65....
FYI.... our temp. dropped to 28 at the beach last night, brrrrrrrr!
I am freezing here!
We will try some of these tips and let you know how they work out...
Bax, yes, our thermostat is adjustable, I never thought about setting the thermostatic to 65....
FYI.... our temp. dropped to 28 at the beach last night, brrrrrrrr!
I am freezing here!
Bax
Premium Member
Sandy
My holding set up is in a very cold room and since it has gotten so cold, I have gone from evaping 2-3 gallons a day to nearly 10 gals every day due to the heaters crankin to keep the tank at temp.
Definitly try lowering the temp setting on the T stat but you may not want it running 24/7. Covering overflows drain areas in the sump and where ever water dumps into a vessle will reduce the evap too as mentioned earlier.
My holding set up is in a very cold room and since it has gotten so cold, I have gone from evaping 2-3 gallons a day to nearly 10 gals every day due to the heaters crankin to keep the tank at temp.
Definitly try lowering the temp setting on the T stat but you may not want it running 24/7. Covering overflows drain areas in the sump and where ever water dumps into a vessle will reduce the evap too as mentioned earlier.
iamwrasseman
New member
most or my tanks have canopy,s that are ducted to the outdoors for the humidity issue . if i didnt do that my house would be a mold incubator
Use humidistat, not a thermostat, about the same cost at Home Depot. It is the humidity you are trying to control not the temperature.
Most exhaust fans are way too small, should be 10" diameter not 4"
You can also use a heat exchanger for fresh air to save your heating bill. Can be used in the summer to save your cool air too.
Gas heat makes humidity, heating oil heaters "burns" humidity, takes it out of the air.
Electric heat is neutral.
Personal experience from time in the Great White North.
Most exhaust fans are way too small, should be 10" diameter not 4"
You can also use a heat exchanger for fresh air to save your heating bill. Can be used in the summer to save your cool air too.
Gas heat makes humidity, heating oil heaters "burns" humidity, takes it out of the air.
Electric heat is neutral.
Personal experience from time in the Great White North.
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