Here's a basic overview of what I'm planning;
The room is about a 7x4M sleep-out sectioned off from our garage. Its insulated and lined with plasterboard, and has a concrete floor. The goal is to have three large tanks, (~180g for my clown loaches, 220g for aro, bichirs, dats etc, and something around 6-8x3x2' (3' wide of course) South American tank). I'm not going to set up one of these horrible cramped little fish rooms where the walls are lined with polystyrene and there's a million little tanks and you only go out there to feed and clean because its standing room only. The three tanks will be across the back wall with a couple of couches facing them and a well-stocked bar fridge so I can spend a few hours a week just chilling and watching the fish. Initially there may be a few smaller grow-out tanks, but the long-term plan is just for the three big ones. I'm going to pull the carpet up before putting the tanks in and just leave it bare as I like being able to make a mess when water changing.
My first real question and concern is with the humidity. with 700g+ of warm water in a fairly confined space I'm guessing the hunidity will get pretty bad, and I'm concerned about any possible long-term effects to the structure (timber frame) of the garage. Am I being paranoid? Do those of you running big/multiple tanks in smallish spaces do anything to control humidity?
I've got more long-term questions about continuious drip systems, centralised filtration, other heating options etc, but for now I'm more after general advice/suggestions regarding the set up.
Cheers.
The room is about a 7x4M sleep-out sectioned off from our garage. Its insulated and lined with plasterboard, and has a concrete floor. The goal is to have three large tanks, (~180g for my clown loaches, 220g for aro, bichirs, dats etc, and something around 6-8x3x2' (3' wide of course) South American tank). I'm not going to set up one of these horrible cramped little fish rooms where the walls are lined with polystyrene and there's a million little tanks and you only go out there to feed and clean because its standing room only. The three tanks will be across the back wall with a couple of couches facing them and a well-stocked bar fridge so I can spend a few hours a week just chilling and watching the fish. Initially there may be a few smaller grow-out tanks, but the long-term plan is just for the three big ones. I'm going to pull the carpet up before putting the tanks in and just leave it bare as I like being able to make a mess when water changing.
My first real question and concern is with the humidity. with 700g+ of warm water in a fairly confined space I'm guessing the hunidity will get pretty bad, and I'm concerned about any possible long-term effects to the structure (timber frame) of the garage. Am I being paranoid? Do those of you running big/multiple tanks in smallish spaces do anything to control humidity?
I've got more long-term questions about continuious drip systems, centralised filtration, other heating options etc, but for now I'm more after general advice/suggestions regarding the set up.
Cheers.
