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Heyla! Is there any good way to cut down on the heat and humidity increase caused by having tanks? I've got a bit of plastic wrap over the big cut out over the tanks back and it helps cut down the water loss from the tank a good deal. Just curious if anyone has any solutions on further prevention.

Also, does your tank raise the room temperature noticeably? Possibly due to the lights, etc. If so, any tips for this, too? (besides shorter 'on time' haha)

Thanks much!

Tartar_Sauce
To start of with how many tanks are we talking about and the size of the room.

Full glass covers stop 99% of evaporation.

As far as heat a 40W globe gives of the same amount of room heat as one adult in a room.

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Its a 14x14 room with an 8x8 room (door is always open)

Tanks are a 29g w/fluoro and a 2.5 w/incand. I had 2x 2.5s and removing one lowered the room temp by almost 2 degrees... Yikes! I assume it was the incandescent bulbs since they do put out more heat.

I was just curious as to what people do about this or if it was even a relative issue. Might be just me, though, haha. Thanks for the reply! /:'

I actually don't see how that little bit of water makes a whole lot of differencethat is only 31.5 gallonsWhat I know I have done because the humidity in my house is miserablesummer is coming and Houston's humidity is naturally badis run the A/C a little lower, it will help suck out the moisture...make sure the hood is closed at all times, and see if you can replace the bulb on the 2.5...just my thoughts...heidi

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Hehe, yeah it does seem odd, but I live in the middle of OK, so the humidity is wonky. I think the diff in the room temp and the aquarium temp affects the evaporation rate too. Its a lot better since we moved one of the 2.5s though. I assume the extra heat it put out was a factor in that.

Also, a slightly lower watt bulb would prolly help a lot. The ones in the tanks put out almost too much for the size of the cute little tanks.

Thanks again! /:'

Hi Tartar
For your small tanks, replace the incandescent with a small spiral flourescent bulb. This will remove any heat from the bulbs.
Also, if humidity bothers you a lot, like makes your joints achey, why not buy a dehumidifier? I did, and holy cow what a difference it makes.
Also, if you can get a sliding or flip top Glass top for your tank, it will cut down evaporation by half.
Also, if a dehumidifier is out of your price range, try just putting a small fan in the room and keeping it running. This should help with some of the moistness in the air.

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Since I'm not really temp sensitive I don't really care...but my Hillstream loach cares...and my computer performance suffers if the temp's are too high (I do hardcore overclocking)

I usually just open windows in the winter...I try to keep room temp 'round 50-60F if I can

In the summer I leave my celing fan running most of the time, and keep all of my doors open. I also turn the tank heaters down to the minimum the fish can live in comfortably (75ish on most tanks), and have the lights on for shorter periods of time. I usually have the light in my 2.5g betta tank off all of the time, and I have my 10g Asian river tank's light on for no more than 2 hours a day (that's where my hillstream loach is )...just to keep the plants alive. I've replaced most of the lights in my room w/compact flourescent bulbs (other than the light with the dimmer) to bring room temp down. I only have 1 light bulb in each fixture too (they hold 2 bulbs). Since I have flourescent light in the room, I don't need to have my tank lights on as long to keep the plants alive...so I can shorten the time they're on

Do you REALLY need the light on in yer 2.5g tank? Do you REALLY need to have your lights on for as long as they are?

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Last edited by poisonwaffle at 02-May-2005 15:44