Moisture in House

woodcarver · #1 03-06-2006, 11:02 PM

Just to add to the discussion,I used to have approx. 80 or so tanks in my basement rearing angels and did not have a lot of trouble with moisture ,mainly I assume because all the tanks had glass covers ?
I had a small de-humidifier in one of the rooms which did not get overworked.
Probably the open top and vigorous turnover of water in saltwater tanks greatly assists evaporation with the results we are hearing about.
I am about to get back into marines and was thinking of open top ( I suppose this is to get as much light into the tank as possible ?) but may have second thoughts on hearing the associated problems.
Is it very difficult to keep the cover glass clean ?

TheReefGeek · #2 03-06-2006, 11:14 PM

You are correct, we get far more evaportaion because of our open tops and high water turn-over.

I run an open top in order to let light in, and to cool off the tank so I don't have to buy a chiller.

I evaporate about 3 gallons per day, maybe a bit more with my larger sump now.

woodcarver · #3 03-06-2006, 11:38 PM

Thanks for the info Rory. Wow ! That is a lot of moisture ..will need to consider that !
Dave.

TheReefGeek · #4 03-06-2006, 11:42 PM

Yep, that is why I am in the process of installing a bathroom fan hooked up to a dehumidistat!

I have a lot of water surface though, my tank is 6x2, my sump is 5x2, and my fuge is 2.5x1

woodcarver · #5 03-06-2006, 11:50 PM

Just read thro' the earlier thread ,lots of good info , Glad you managed to find a dehumidistat . I will check out thread to see how your install goes and if it does the trick .........................
Dave.

StirCrazy · #6 03-08-2006, 01:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TheReefGeek

I evaporate about 3 gallons per day, maybe a bit more with my larger sump now.

thats actually quite low for a tank your size.. before my chiller I was evaporating 5 gal/day on a tank with 1/2 the surface area as yours, now with my chiller I only lose about 1 gal per day maybe two.

So another good plug for a chiller is it will cut down on moisture in your house

Steve

TheReefGeek · #7 03-08-2006, 03:24 PM

I thought my evaporation would go up more than it did when I added my sump and fuge as well.

I don't run a chiller, but my tank never goes above 79 degrees.