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You joined yesterday and are all over the place! Awesome man!Outstanding !!! sub'd and Best of luck with this undertaking brotha !
Tanks like that are pretty neat I must say!Instead of in wall u should go peninsula with the short end up against the wall. You have the room to extend the tank out into that basement. I always loved the 3 sided view. Plus then u have both sides of the rock work for coral real estate.
I'll be honest this thread so far is EYE opening! I don't want rust or moisture in my home.
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First of all, Congratulations on your beautiful new home! As for your tank, one thing you should seriously consider is tank location relative to living space. Over the years I have had some pretty sweet set-ups, both salt and fresh, but many times I was limited on space and they were not ideally located for viewing. This resulted in me not really getting much enjoyment out of them. I would make sure the room you put your tank in is a center of activity. If you don't think you'll be spending a lot of time in the basement, you might want to consider going smaller in an upstairs room where you will be able to really enjoy it. It may sound stupid, but I have found that out of sight out of mind comes into play as well. Unfortunately, that can sometimes lead to an occasional lack of proper maintenance.
You are buying THAT house and designing a dream tank and you think you need to charge more?? Lol [emoji12]
As for your original question, I think pretty much everything has been covered so I'm not gong to repeat, but what about a back up genny? If you have a natural gas line, I'd highly recommend a whole house unit run off of that. Mine kicks on within 30 sec of any power interruption. They may or may not be common where you live, but you never know what's going to hit these days of chaotic weather. At minimum get a small portable genny and have it wired up to the circuits the fish tank runs off of so you can pull that out of the shed as needed. $1,000 for that option which is a drop in the bucket of what it will save on that system.
If connecting to your main central AC system, you may not need separate humidity control for the room or one not as big as you might be thinking.Could you guys go ahead and give me some ideas on a industrial humidifier?
I'm pretty confident I am going to build a room around the tank. That whole work room area is heated and cooled so I will run duct to the tank room. Y'all see a problem with that?
If connecting to your main central AC system, you may not need separate humidity control for the room or one not as big as you might be thinking.
I didn't need it when I built my little 7'x9' room in my garage. We ran a duct from the main system (direct from the air handler) and we installed a return as well.
I would talk to an HVAC person first and see what they say.
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Ya, this is what I was thinking.Also I was thinking I could run duct to the room and then just use a smaller dehumidifier in that room and send the water to the drain.