I just read the article on the fire. Hoping this gets posted in the right place. Please forgive my lack of computer skill.
With no way to know that high humidity caused the fire, for sure it's not good, for a lot of reasons. Here's a thread I started on Monster Tanks, no help so far on the mould questions. Just thought I'd throw it your way to see what you think.
Glad your reef only lost two fish and especially good to hear that nobody was injured.
Joe
My fishroom measures 6'x16'. In that room will be about 40 sq.' of water surface. The walls & cieling are drywall. I was going to give them a couple coats of bathroom paint with mildicide.
To handle the excess moisture, I'm thinking about installing a closed loop of thin-wall 4" PVC that would pull air from the fishroom and return back to the fishroom. It would run alongside the foundation to act as a heat-sink so the moisture would condense & be sent to a drain. One thing that concerns me is mold growing inside the condensation loop. Is there anything I could coat the inside of the 4' PVC with?
I've seen black mold growing on glass, I feel sure it would grow inside a 4" PVC condensation loop. It will be 60'-80' long with a trap/drain at the low point. Moist air from the fish room will be fed into the 4" PVC condensation loop with a fan that will fit over the 4" PVC, then the de-humidified air is returned to the fish room. Not sure about the CFM yet. So far, this seems like a horrible mold problem waiting to happen.
What do you think of plumbing ozone into the 4" PVC condensation loop? I'm thinking maybe use a timer and have the O3 run an hour a day.
BTW, the reason for this to save on electricity. Building this loop will be easy. And cheaper than buying a conventional de-humidifier. Once finished, it will use way less electricity to operate. And another heat source is the last thing I need in the summer. Plus, I already have an ozonizer.
Joe
With no way to know that high humidity caused the fire, for sure it's not good, for a lot of reasons. Here's a thread I started on Monster Tanks, no help so far on the mould questions. Just thought I'd throw it your way to see what you think.
Glad your reef only lost two fish and especially good to hear that nobody was injured.
Joe
My fishroom measures 6'x16'. In that room will be about 40 sq.' of water surface. The walls & cieling are drywall. I was going to give them a couple coats of bathroom paint with mildicide.
To handle the excess moisture, I'm thinking about installing a closed loop of thin-wall 4" PVC that would pull air from the fishroom and return back to the fishroom. It would run alongside the foundation to act as a heat-sink so the moisture would condense & be sent to a drain. One thing that concerns me is mold growing inside the condensation loop. Is there anything I could coat the inside of the 4' PVC with?
I've seen black mold growing on glass, I feel sure it would grow inside a 4" PVC condensation loop. It will be 60'-80' long with a trap/drain at the low point. Moist air from the fish room will be fed into the 4" PVC condensation loop with a fan that will fit over the 4" PVC, then the de-humidified air is returned to the fish room. Not sure about the CFM yet. So far, this seems like a horrible mold problem waiting to happen.
What do you think of plumbing ozone into the 4" PVC condensation loop? I'm thinking maybe use a timer and have the O3 run an hour a day.
BTW, the reason for this to save on electricity. Building this loop will be easy. And cheaper than buying a conventional de-humidifier. Once finished, it will use way less electricity to operate. And another heat source is the last thing I need in the summer. Plus, I already have an ozonizer.
Joe
