Ideal fan to vent a fishroom outside

[lastlight]

This is for the new tank. The tank and room behind it are essentially sealed off from the house. I am running a fresh air feed pipe into the room even though my condo is old and leaks like a sieve.

I don't really like the idea of the bathroom fan as you're garanteed to have some of that moist salty air escape the enclosure itself and find it's way into the ceiling above the room. At least the inline fans are mounted inside the room itself...

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Originally Posted by lastlight

I don't really like the idea of the bathroom fan as you're garanteed to have some of that moist salty air escape the enclosure itself and find it's way into the ceiling above the room. At least the inline fans are mounted inside the room itself...

there must be a reason for the air to migrate past the fan but then it's easy enough the seal the fan enclosure to the ceiling,

[lastlight]

Oh right they have those molded plastic things that you can seal around them right? I've never installed one of those before...just the box up in the drywall.

That's the cheaper option certainly. I can't exactly fire them up at the store. Anyone know what a decent dBa is for one? The prices def go up as sound goes down.

[sphelps]

If it helps the NuTone bathroom fan from HD that is rated at 70cfm and costs $100 is very quiet. Given the size of the room it wouldnt need to run very often so I doubt you'll exceed its duty cycle. I would personally also run a timer inline with the humidistat so you can prevent it from running too often for shorter periods, plus give you the added control when it's allowed to exhaust.

Do you have forced air heating?

[lastlight]

Thanks I'll look at that one. I'd prefer not to spend more than that.

Yes my place is heated with a beat-up old furnace.