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[_Andy]

It is a climate controlled building with a bathroom and kitchen and a concrete floor - the room is roughly 30'X20' With 3 West facing windows and 1 South facing window.

Dream away...

[_Andy]

You don't have to design the whole room - just add a few key pieces...

[GratefulDiver]

I've never had a wet dream but since you asked I'll give it a shot.

[_Andy]

I think 3/4 marine and 1/4 fresh.

How much trouble is the humidity going to be to control?

[SpaceAce]

Drain in the floor.

[Wazzel]

I think 3/4 marine and 1/4 fresh.

How much trouble is the humidity going to be to control?

Depends on the size and number of tanks.

Give us some rough guidance on the following.

Size range
free standing or in wall
Stocking plan (fish only, easy coral, sps, etc)
Prefecenc for flow
auto or manual top off and dosing

[Louey]

I think 3/4 marine and 1/4 fresh.

How much trouble is the humidity going to be to control?

Humidity was a problem in my fish room when I had the 300g. I had 4 - 400 watt mh lamps. I had reflectors that were ducted together and exhausted out of the house through a dryer vent. I also had a 6000 btu window AC. I needed all of that to control the condensation that got all over everything in the room.

If you spring for LED fixtures, you would be eliminating a lot of issues related to heat.

Louey

[knowse]

This is the next project...converting the apt into a cabana yeah right...a fish house.

[_Andy]

I think 3/4 marine and 1/4 fresh.

How much trouble is the humidity going to be to control?

Depends on the size and number of tanks.

Give us some rough guidance on the following.

Size range
free standing or in wall
Stocking plan (fish only, easy coral, sps, etc)
Prefecenc for flow
auto or manual top off and dosing

this is open for anyone's fish room but mine would be free standing and would include at least 1 large HPSC tank and some FOWLR's and soft tanks. I have lots of time so I prolly wouldn't worry to much about auto top off initially but it would be good to plan for it.

[_Andy]

I think 3/4 marine and 1/4 fresh.

How much trouble is the humidity going to be to control?

Humidity was a problem in my fish room when I had the 300g. I had 4 - 400 watt mh lamps. I had reflectors that were ducted together and exhausted out of the house through a dryer vent. I also had a 6000 btu window AC. I needed all of that to control the condensation that got all over everything in the room.

If you spring for LED fixtures, you would be eliminating a lot of issues related to heat.

Louey

That's a good idea Louey - I wonder if solar tubes could work if the heat could be controlled...

[_Andy]

This is the next project...converting the apt into a cabana yeah right...a fish house.

It could be both.

[GratefulDiver]

Mermaids... - It definitely must have mermaids!