Landlord wants my tank out!

mrhasan · #1 05-02-2013, 08:59 PM

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Originally Posted by paddyob

Tenant insurance is cheap. Like $30/mth. BUT... Usually cOvers contents only. The LL will have structure coverage.

Humidity. Yes. Yes indeed. Mine Is a 70. I needed to get a dehumidifier.

Sorry for the stupid question but what sort of damage is done by humid? I am not familiar with that

Aquattro · #2 05-02-2013, 09:33 PM

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Sorry for the stupid question but what sort of damage is done by humid? I am not familiar with that

Mold, rot inside walls. If the tank is larger, even more. My front door lock and handle rusted from the humidity of my tank.

mrhasan · #3 05-02-2013, 09:35 PM

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Mold, rot inside walls. If the tank is larger, even more. My front door lock and handle rusted from the humidity of my tank.

But doesn't that happen when your humidity hit like 100% or something?

Aquattro · #4 05-02-2013, 09:45 PM

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But doesn't that happen when your humidity hit like 100% or something?

No, that's just regular tank evaporation. The bigger the tank, the more damage.

mark · #5 05-02-2013, 09:49 PM

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But doesn't that happen when your humidity hit like 100% or something?

100% just means you'd be sitting in the fog but could be growing stuff in the walls even with the room measuring 30%

mrhasan · #6 05-02-2013, 10:04 PM

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100% just means you'd be sitting in the fog but could be growing stuff in the walls even with the room measuring 30%

Oh. Back home, humidity used to hit 100% but I guess due to RCC construction, humidity wasn't a problem. Maybe I will just sell this tank and take the hit.

kien · #7 05-02-2013, 10:08 PM

didn't you say your friends have tanks as well? or do they not have theirs anymore?

mrhasan · #8 05-02-2013, 10:09 PM

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didn't you say your friends have tanks as well? or do they not have theirs anymore?

Landlord is allowing my room mate's 29gallon but not mine. He asked him whether he will let me keep mine if he shuts down his but landlord wouldn't listen. No big tank.

paddyob · #9 05-02-2013, 10:26 PM

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Sorry for the stupid question but what sort of damage is done by humid? I am not familiar with that

We had mold. After that we had to add the dehumidifier. Seems to have helped. But in the winter.... the humidity is very obvious. Windows show it like no other.