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10-24-2011, 05:45 PM
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Humiditiy Issues
Can anyone out there tell me what they do to control the relative humidity in their house. I have a 180 gal. and a 150 gal. the humidity is extremely high and I don't want to dehumidify to the point of risking my tanks. Any suggestions?
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10-24-2011, 05:55 PM
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I use to have a stand alone plug in dehumidifier running but it ran up the power so I installed a Humidex in my house. It cost alot less to operate. You might wanna take a look at that. You can set the level you desire with it.
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10-24-2011, 05:57 PM
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most people with that much water get an HRV (whole home version) installed. Do you have a forced air furnace or electric heat?
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Mark...  290g Peninsula Display, 425g total volume. Setup Jan 2013.
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10-24-2011, 06:54 PM
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HRV's are great at removing humidity in the winter but in the summer a good dehumidifier is the way to go.
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10-24-2011, 07:49 PM
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I also have a HRV, no issue's on my end now.
Before the HRV, use to get ice build up on my windows on the inside. And lots of it. Now worst case I may have a bit of moisture on them, but very little. HRV works very well, summer or winter.
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 Setup: 180G DT, 105G Refuge (approx. 300lbs LR, 150lbs Aragonite) Hardware: Super Reef Octopus SSS-3000, Tunze ATO, Mag 18 return, 2x MP40W, 2X Koralia 4's Wavemaker Lighting: 5ft Hamilton Belize Sun (2x250W MH, 2X80W T5HO) Type of Aquarium: mixed reef (SPS & LPS) with fish Dosing: Mg, Ca, Alk
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10-25-2011, 04:14 PM
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I use a dehumidifier. It doesn't run much in the spring/summer/fall when I can open windows, but it has started running now and will up until May or so. We will be moving in the spring, and plan to install an HRV. Dehumidifiers are expensive to run (electricity), and put off heat when they run as well (not a bad thing in the winter).
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