480 Gal Project

chris c · #1 05-09-2008, 12:57 AM

So I just wanted to share my way of hopefully controling humidity in are house now that the new tank is here. Its a life breath HRV thats sucks air out of the tank room and adds new air straight in to are furnace.
I think this should do the trick last winter the 280g made all of are windows fog up whenever it was colder then -10C

Chris

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untamed · #2 05-09-2008, 01:04 AM

Very cool. I just vented directly outside, which wastes all that heat along with the humidity. I would probably not get as much value out of that as you will in Calgary.

One of the better arguments AGAINST metal halide is dealing with the heat they put off. With the HRV, you'll be able to use this to heat your house. Very efficient.

Pan · #3 05-10-2008, 05:49 AM

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Originally Posted by untamed

Very cool. I just vented directly outside, which wastes all that heat along with the humidity. I would probably not get as much value out of that as you will in Calgary.

One of the better arguments AGAINST metal halide is dealing with the heat they put off. With the HRV, you'll be able to use this to heat your house. Very efficient.

My Teks put out more heat than my Halides 6 bulb vs 250 watt. I've heard people running the Ati power modules that they are quite quite hot. That is the t5 lighting system to go with i think. Awesome looking and peforming. IIn the hotter months you can drop your photoperiod down and run the actinics or swith the bulb placements...little more user flexible i think going the t5 route.i have both and the loss of shimmer is not that big a deal. Although if i run just the two outside bulbs on the tek i get shimmer

Delphinus · #4 05-10-2008, 05:56 AM

Of course, if shimmer is a really big deal you should pick up one of these bad boys:
http://www.aquariumobsessed.com/mm5/...gory_Code=SFWM

Check it out, I bet you'd get shimmer with just regular old normal output fluorescents with this thing:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=y5wW0sL_CFk

Another option is the Tunze wavebox, I know you're going with Vortechs but you could slap one on that tank supplementally and get a double wave happening (I think you need at least 8' of tank length to pull it off).

Although I guess the Vortechs could probably pull it off too if they were tuned just right?

banditpowdercoat · #5 05-10-2008, 07:48 AM

I like that wavemaker thing. I bet I could build a smaller one for my tank. Looks like a reciprocating paddle

chris c · #6 05-10-2008, 10:03 PM

Thanks for the advice guys i am really haveing a hard time with this becouse it will affect the look so much. I should make up my mind soon i hope. I was also thinking of running a red dragon for my return do any of you have one? was it worth it? do you like it?

Thanks a lot Chris

Delphinus · #7 05-09-2008, 04:32 AM

I have a Lifebreath - the next size up from the one you've got. It made the difference between foggy windows and dry windows. It was so bad for me that they were fogging up anything below 0, and below -10 they were so wet in the morning that it looked like someone had taken a garden hose to them. The HRV put an immediate stop to it.

You'll be happy with yours.

chris c · #8 05-09-2008, 04:34 AM

Thats great to here i had mine installed after the cold weather. I used the same guys as you i think Airpro?

Chris

Delphinus · #9 05-09-2008, 04:39 AM

Same guys. Think they've now had several Canreef customers now.

That's awesome, I was really happy with the work they did, wouldn't hesitate to recommend them to anyone.

I had mine done in the spring too, so I had to wait over the summer to see if it would have an effect. I was so worried I would find out it wasn't enough or something. But luckily, it was enough.

untamed · #10 05-09-2008, 06:09 AM

Here's a coincidence for you. I had some air conditioning guys over because I'm installing a heat pump on the house. One of the guys happens to be a "fish guy" and wanted a tank tour. When he looked at my ventilation, he says..."you should consider adding an HRV" because he was impressed by all the hot air I was blowing out of the house.

So...I'm going to talk with them about the idea.