Air freshener for stinky fish room

jsodwi said:

I don't mean to get off topic but, Isn't a dehumidifier in a fish room kind of a waste? Their job is to pull moisture from the air so with a bunch of tanks, it's not going to dry air and going to suck up a ton of electricity. Excuse my ignorance but am I missing something?

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My tanks have pretty good seal with glass tops so the amount of evaporation from the tanks is minimal , my dehumidifier has a humidistat set at 50%.
With summers here, outside humidity in July and August is sometimes > 60% .. so any relief in the fish room is welcome.

To the OP the only smells I get in the fish room are from the food itself. I feed a lot of massivore , NLS thera + and garlic soaked soft foods..

jsodwi said:

I don't mean to get off topic but, Isn't a dehumidifier in a fish room kind of a waste? Their job is to pull moisture from the air so with a bunch of tanks, it's not going to dry air and going to suck up a ton of electricity. Excuse my ignorance but am I missing something?

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Yes, they use a lot of hydro. That is pennies compared to mold damage.

FreshwaterHawaii said:

No it's not cleaning or the related. Tanks are cleaned weekly and I only have 2 fish and I feed once a day if their lucky. I'm starting to think the problem is there's no air circulation in the room. No windows and the doors closed 99% of the day. Hawaii is humid during the summer so everything starts to sweat.


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No windows Brah? You live in dakine hut? Haha

circulation is key for you, need that door open and use a strong fan to move that air around, preferably pulling fresh air from outside

jsodwi said:

I don't mean to get off topic but, Isn't a dehumidifier in a fish room kind of a waste? Their job is to pull moisture from the air so with a bunch of tanks, it's not going to dry air and going to suck up a ton of electricity. Excuse my ignorance but am I missing something?

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That is what I found. Like others have reported, with a heavy enough dehumidifier (1,500W) with a large enough water collection bin, I was easily able to keep the air in my fish room "dry".

I have not turned it on in a couple of years now. I was going through dozens of gallons of water a day, and electricity through the yin yang. I am running nearly 30 tanks.

What is far worse, it had less than ZERO impact on reducing the "black mold" build-up one iota!!!!!!!!!!!

I do understand the " Dehumidifier cost" vs. " Professional mold removal service" argument. I however do ABSOLUTELY NOT buy into the ridiculous uber panic surrounding the merest presence of "mold" in an area like this.

OK so what professionally "redoing" a room that has a spot of black mold in a $100,000 house costs $80,000. A bottle of Lysol and a sponge mop costs less than $10, and will "re-do" the room 100+ times.

There is a reason for a FISH ROOM. There is also a reason why you SHOULD NOT put your kitchen or sleeping areas in, or directly next to without an environmental partition, your fish room(s).

Just my 2 cents.