Oliver Posted June 21, 2007 Report Share Posted June 21, 2007 Our tank has been cycling for a month now. Its a scary and exiciting time like embarking on world trip. A years planning, packed and ready to go We are exited but its dawning on us the enormity of it all. The next few steps will be the real thing. Any way a question for you guys and girls our 200 liter tank looses about 2 litres per day in evaporation. Topping it up every day will require our investment in some water purifying equipment, a RO unit. So any reccomendations on systems appreciated. But a bigger problem than keeping the tank topped up will be keeping our house dry. And our light box dry, when the lights are off condensation on the cold glass light lens is keeping the wooden lightng box dripping wet, not good. Any ideas Has any one tried recovering the water that evaporates by building a condencer that runs the condensate back into the tank? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wasp Posted June 21, 2007 Report Share Posted June 21, 2007 Trouble living in Dunedin. Houses well sealed up against the cold. Condensation not an issue in my drafty place. :lol: The only thing you can do is one of those dehumidifier, air circulation systems that people are getting installed of recent years. They cost around $1,500 and up but are cheap to run. They can be very good for your house wether or not you have a fish tank. But you could just wait out the winter for now, condensation should not be an issue once the weather warms up. Attempting to re use condensed water for the tank is not a good idea, it gets contaminated with the dust etc that is in our air and is not very clean. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markoshark Posted June 21, 2007 Report Share Posted June 21, 2007 Gladwrap! Once you have setup your tank, and its running, use gladwrap to go under the lids, as close to the glass as possible. Leave out one pane of glass to allow feeding etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drifty Posted June 21, 2007 Report Share Posted June 21, 2007 if u own the house get hrv or dvs or a dehumidifer, or even a vent from above the tank to the outside Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zev Posted June 21, 2007 Report Share Posted June 21, 2007 if u own the house get hrv or dvs or a dehumidifer, or even a vent from above the tank to the outside Um, since Oliver is only 13 years old, it might be a hard sell to his folks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drifty Posted June 21, 2007 Report Share Posted June 21, 2007 lol didnt know he was 13 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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