fighting humidity in a fish room (house)

[JoseA]

Hi everyone, I live in Riverview Fl. Where it is very humid. I have a fish room with 3 fishtanks, 55gl, 75gl and a 112gl and there is a lot of evaporation.
What is the best way to get rid of the humidity in this room.
I have 7 fish tanks through the house and when people visit the say that smell like the beach.

 

[RUGDOG]

I had a large 220 gallon display in my house and had no problem. The hvac system took care of the moisture. I sumped this system in my basement along with refugium frag tanks etc. with no hvac system down there moisture was horrible. When you picked things up they were wet. I did not realize in the beginning what was going on till things started rusting. I added a dehumidifier that I emptied twice a day that made a big difference

 

[maroun.c]

If it's humid outside as well then added ventillation won't help much (except with the smell maybe) a dehumidifier might be the best way to go. Don't push it much with setting the dehumidifier too low as it'll cause more evaporation. Go with a model that can drain out straight to a drain so you don't have to empty every day.

 

[MattL22]

I've been having same issue for last 2 summers i
My 220 is in my basement with the sump and a 60 gal tank plumbed into the closet next to it issue for me is only in spring /summer spoke with a guy that installed a bathroom vent which he put on a timer to go off evey 30 min for 12 seconds I'm gonna add one to my sump closet in a few weeks b4 it gets warm I'll let u know how it works

 

[Scythanith]

I use an HVAC system for my 270g plus ~100g of various other tanks. But my air outside of the house can be a much lower humidity so that works for me. You being in florida, I think you'd only be switching inside and outside humidity, no real gain. A dehumidifier seems like your best bet. Dehumidifiers can be anything from a little mini fridge looking critter to a full on system that sits in your forced air unit and works in conjunction with your a/c and 2 stage furnace blower. Sky's the limit.

 

[JoseA]

Thanks to everyone, I will try the dehumidifier in my fish room. In the living room I have 2 72gl bow front and a 150gl.
I mite need a bigger unite there.