Condensation/evaporaton, how do you guys deal with it?

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I have a 200 gallon pond in basement. I do not have a humidity problem anymore. I put three glass panels across the top. I would strongly suggest a cover. One for jumping. Two for splashing. They jump and splash all day long. I hear them from upstairs. This creates a new problem. Water on the floor, walls, where ever it decides to land. I have two ID sharks 25" & 17" and a 22" Golden Clown Knife. They think they live at Marine Land. In the winter, with the furnace on, the humidity in the basement reads 20%. That's not bad. I do not have a mold problem. Which is another humidity issue. Good luck.
 
Humidity in my garage is a major issue now during the winter. I made an insulated cover for both my 350 gal pond and my 1100 gal pond. Still have an issue, but it's much less of an issue now. Going to spray for mold this weekend. Noticed a tiny bit on bare wood surfaces in the garage at the beggining of winter. Now it's died off, but I am still gonna spray it all.
 
Not to derail this thread, but I have an idea. If People put ponds in their basement and the walls are cinderblock, and the ceiling is rafters, then why dont they just paint the ceiling with drylock???

This would create a barrier between the wood and the humidity and keep the wood safe from rotting...
 
The lid it the most important thing humidity goes through the roof when I leave the lid open but the best thing I fitted was a bathroom fan that works on humidity bought it from a D.I.Y store.

This one has an inbuilt relative humidity sensor which causes them to operate when a predermined level of relative humidity is reached.




http://www.safeguardeurope.com/products/humidistat_fans.php



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Tokis-Phoenix;1098127; said:
I would like to build one or two indoor ponds in a couple of years time, and have started my research pretty early.
One thing though i can't seem to find much helpful info on is how people deal with the problem of condensation and evoporation with indoor ponds though?
One of my fears would be that all the evaporation from an indoor pond would condensate on the electrics like the plugs for the filters and lights etc and cause them to mess up.
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Here is what i did before i built my 7000g pond in the basement:
I dug and installed sump and pump for any leak
Sealed the concrete floor and walls so if any mold shows it could be easily washed with hose.
Installed waterproof panels on ceiling.
Installed heavy duty ventilator- Humidex (it is for rooms up to 1600 sf,made in Canada, $ 1,350.00) after three years of running the system no problems
at all. I hope this help.
 
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