DeHumidifier helps or is bad for water room

[PachecoBoston]

My water room has 350 gallon sump plus 2 100 gallon frag. The room is getting very wet. Should I use dehumidifier or is bad idea?
thanks

 

[lilgrounchuck]

I’d use one. If you’re getting condensation on the walls you could be staring at a mold problem very soon.

 

[JasonK84]

My water room has 350 gallon sump plus 2 100 gallon frag. The room is getting very wet. Should I use dehumidifier or is bad idea?
thanks

I think mold would be worse than the electricity consumption or heat produced by the dehumidifier. I use one in my fish room and pull about 1 1/2 gallons out per day.

go oversized so it doesn’t run constantly. My room is 240 sq ft and my unit is for a 4,500 sq ft space.

 

[PachecoBoston]

Thank you very much for your response guys

 

[AlexG]

Condensation on the wall is not a good sign. I would get some humidity monitors to understand just how high it is inside your fish room. Once the humidity levels get above 80% it becomes the ideal environment for mold. If you do not have floor/wall/ceiling materials that are moisture barriers then the moisture will be absorbed into those materials. A dehumidifier would definitely help clear this issue. If you are concerned about the heat generated from dehumidifier impacting your aquariums then I would pull the air out of the room with a dehumidifier connected to a drier vent which will keep the heat of the dehumidifier out of the room.

 

[ca1ore]

I use a standard dehumidifier in my basement fish room and it works fine. Have been toying with replacing it with a ducted portable AC unit with a dehumidification option. That way heat and water goes out of the exhaust pipe.