Mr4000 is back but w/o tank

the room will be sealed from the rest of the house. It will have its own ventilation or HRV (for the fish room only)

I just need to decide what set-up to use. How big an exhaust fan? How large a return vent? Hrv?
 
Thanks again for all your input Mr.4000.

I have one question for you, and the other reefers who are looking at sealing the room from the rest of the house.

If you put up a vapor barrier (plastic) then you cover it with Greenboard, and use your drywall screws to fasten the greenboard to the wall studs, this will penetrate the vapor barrier won't it? Should you also use some sort of epoxy/or some other waterproof material to paint over the greenboard once it is hung and finished to prevent any possibility of moisture getting thru?
 
Mr.4000 what did you use for water flow in your tank? Do you have any pics of the equipment or behind the scene pics?
 
The room I am building in is already finished in drywall, I am not sure if I will just coat it with water resistant paint/epoxy, or take down the drywall and replace with greenboard and then paint!!!

I will be removing the carpet this evening so I can draw my footer out in chalk on the floor and make sure that I will have enough room to manuever around behind and around the tank.
 
Welcome back Mr 4000
If I remember correctly you relied on an ecosystem type system for filtration. Were you happy with its performance and are there things you would have done differently there. I dont think you used a skimmer either. I dont remember if you used DSB, SSB or BB. What did you use and what are your thoughts on its performance.
 
Welcome back

Welcome back

i used to look at your sight for hours watching a still photo. Ya i know funny. When i had my 280 gal in the wall i didnt have any out air goign out all i had was a DEhum and that was it and a fan sucking in and one blowing out and guess what the humidity was crappy the house was at 80% even with the Cental Air. ,but i didnt have a blower in there so warm stag air goign thur the house and my son's health was at risk so doen it came.

Any way now i'm redoing the tank i'm going to wopping 62 gal witha 55 gal sump :p

all will be well i hope ..

later

MIke


P.S WELCOME BACK AGAIN MR 4000

good to hear from ya ...'

A reefer for ever:bum:
 
Welcome back Mr. 4000!! Man, do I remember your old posts. your knowledge is invaluable. So sorry to hear about the humidity problem and thanks so much for sharing everything you know!
 
So what became of all the LR, fish, etc..? Did other hobbyists purchase them? You had some great specimens in there, lots of large tangs, etc..
 
stole my post dallas... why not a shark tank!

also.. couldnt you just have a top on these large tanks and keep them mostly sealed wouldnt that cut down on humidity??
 
Glad to see you're back Mr4000. I found your site right after I started this hobby, and it totally blew my mind. It went down shortly thereafter, and I've looked for it from time to time. I'm sorry to hear what happened, but it's great that you've come back to share you insights with others.
 
Mr 4000! I was just wondering about you and your tank last week! Man, I used to dream about that tank and I learned much from your website. Glad to see you back and thanks for all you've taught us.
 
Mr. 4000 maybe you should take a look at Bill Wann's set up. Seems almost exactly what you are describing as far as separate wing of the house and all. You've inspired many of us are you sure you don't have the "bug" again? hehe!
 
MR.4000.....

Wow, I've been away from RC for almost two years. I'm still reefing but was playing FPS games competitivly and took all my time. I'm back now, and the first thing I did was check to see your site, and found it gone. I'm very happy to see your back even without your tank.
 
Mr4000, I am very glad that you are back. As for many reefers, for me you were a greate example of the final goal. I dreamt that one day I will have the tank as big and as beautifull as yours. My actual tank is only 500 gallons, and still it needs a lot of maintanence. Thinking about humidity problem you had to fight, I still think, may be there was some solution, other than taking down the tank? In my country, and it is cold in winters here, some reach people have swiming pools inside there houses, and they dont have this issue of humidity problem.
Best Regards,
Lev Mironov
Moscow, Russia
 
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