jayR Posted September 3, 2010 Share Posted September 3, 2010 Getting back into the salt game and starting up a FOWLR 240 gallon in the great/family room with 75 gallon sump in the garage. One of my main concerns is humidity in the house. (Size of house is approx. 3000sq and the tank will be in a big room next to the kitchen) My plan is to keep tank lids on the tops of the tank and a fully enclosed canopy with an exhaust fan directly to blow outside. Can anyone with large tanks (kept inside) chime in with any experiences? TIA for any tips and suggestions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReeFit Posted September 4, 2010 Share Posted September 4, 2010 an exhaust fan should suffice fine, you won't really put out that much humidity, nothing compared to a shower. Also A/C will pull humidity out of the air if you run that at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoralCrazy Posted September 4, 2010 Share Posted September 4, 2010 We have a 150, 75, two 40's, 30, two 33's, and about five 10 gallon tanks running between our living and dining room area and dont really have a problem with humidity unless is 90 degrees outside. When that happens we just turn the A/C on and it pulls the humidity out of the air. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dalbery Posted September 5, 2010 Share Posted September 5, 2010 I have a 230 gl sitting in my living room. No hood and open top. I haven't noticed any humidity rise. I do have central A/C and don't let me house get above 76. I suppose like said if your house got up to 90 you may notice it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kilmca Posted September 5, 2010 Share Posted September 5, 2010 i've got a 400 Display + 150 sump + 75 frag + 55 refugium and haven't had a humidity issue yet. all the tank are located in the basement so i only have to run ac on the really hot days during the summer. in the winter we use a wood stove as our primary heat and that is really dry so I think that helps a lot. I think the exhaust fan will be enough and since this is a fowlr i assume you won't have any metal halides heating up the tank and house in the summer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luv951 Posted September 8, 2010 Share Posted September 8, 2010 Regarding the garage sump. I did that last tank I had. Had about 120 Gal in the garage with all the equipment. Every tool I had that was not heavily painted rusted in a little over a year. The closer it was to the tank, the worse the rust. I will NEVER do a garage sump again - at least not without building a shed that is completely airtight except for a vent outside. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael7979 Posted September 8, 2010 Share Posted September 8, 2010 I have a 240g in the garage with about 100g in the sump/refugium also. I run a dehumidifier. Before that I had some issues/rust. Since the dehumidifier, no issues. I also crack open the garage door whenever possible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReeFit Posted September 9, 2010 Share Posted September 9, 2010 i have a 125 tank with 30g sump, 120g standalone sump, 120 g frag setup and 55 gal mixing barrel all in the garage with no problems, all i do is make sure there is adequate airflow through the room. the trick is to get the moisture to evaporate, if it sits in the air stagnant it will cause things to rust. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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