I’m starting to get the itch to build an indoor pond, probably 4x5 maybe. How much would something like that contribute towards humidity levels in the house?
Indoor pond humidity
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All depends on the temperatures and where it is situated. Mine is in the fish house and not the house and because of that I have it open top. This causes a lot of humidity and the external windows are always drip wet through throughout winter months when it’s less than 20 outside (usually -4 to 6 for 5 months). No issue with dripping throughout summer months when outside temp is 20 and above. Fish house is circa 24.
I had an open top 390l marine tank in the house and was topping up 20l per week every week through humidity loss until I changed to a bigger closed style.
I had an open top 390l marine tank in the house and was topping up 20l per week every week through humidity loss until I changed to a bigger closed style.
I recently installed a 400g stock tank in my one car garage. I hadnt counted on it regulating temperature in that room so effectively, but the 2x 500w heaters keep the entire room at 75F that is normally 40-50 at this time of year. The humidity is also noticeably higher, but i have mitigated a lot of this problem with a plastic tarp strapped down tight covering the entire tank.
I have one open-topped small stock tank in my basement, 5-foot diameter. It's not heated and sits up on conrete blocks a couple feet off the floor, so it's usually a degree or two below ambient air temperature, which can be as high as 75F in mid-summer and as low as 58-60F in mid-winter. I use a dehumidifier sized appropriately for the volume of the basement and attached crawlspace. It seems to be quite capable of maintaining the humidity between 40 and 50% in the summer, when it runs almost continuously. In the winter, the humidity stays around 40% on its own and the dehumidifier rarely turns on.
The basement is heated entirely by electric heat; the wood-burning stove upstairs doesn't really do anything for it. The dehumidifier generates a fair bit of heat when it's running...meaning that it's helping to heat the basement in the summer when I don't need it...and not heating at all during the winter when I could really use it...
The basement is heated entirely by electric heat; the wood-burning stove upstairs doesn't really do anything for it. The dehumidifier generates a fair bit of heat when it's running...meaning that it's helping to heat the basement in the summer when I don't need it...and not heating at all during the winter when I could really use it...
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