Condensation issues in my stand

[gnashty]

Lately I have been having some wicked condensation issues underneath my stand. The stand walls, floor, and pipes are covered in sweat. So much that it drips and I have very tiny puddles in some spots. It is not a slow leak.

My first thought is that I had a couple of decent size spills over the last couple weeks but this has been going on since before the spills, maybe not quite this badly.

Does anyone else have these issues this time of year? Any suggestions to make it stop? Dehumidifier? I am going to try to keep the doors open at night and point a fan in to help dry it up a bit but Im starting to get worried.

 

[jcampbell]

Who warm is your water?

 

[smallblock]

you got anything splashing in there I can't remember? Do you run a fan on the sump?

 

[mikew]

I did when i had my 90. I got a small box fan, like a 6-8 inchset it up in the back of the stand. It blue the warm air out and cleared a good bit of it up

 

[gnashty]

JCampbell;695817 wrote: Who warm is your water?

Currently 81 - I bumped it up because Im battling some ich

Smallblock;695818 wrote: you got anything splashing in there I can't remember? Do you run a fan on the sump?

A little but nothing crazy, I do run a wal mart fan on the sump. I think it may be compounding my issue.

I put a fan in front and opened the stand doors, hopfully it will dry up a bit

 

[jcampbell]

gnashty;695827 wrote: Currently 81 - I bumped it up because Im battling some ich

It may be your temperature. Do you have any openings in your stand for ventilation?

 

[grouper therapy]

gnashty;695827 wrote: Currently 81 - I bumped it up because Im battling some ich



A little but nothing crazy, I do run a wal mart fan on the sump. I think it may be compounding my issue.

I put a fan in front and opened the stand doors, hopfully it will dry up a bit

That is the problem the fan doing the evaporation cooling was doing it's job but the moisture can't leave the stand, drill some holes in the back top of the stand to allow air exchange. I have some hole saws if you need to borrow them.

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It may be your temperature. Do you have any openings in your stand for ventilation?[/QUOTE]
Seen your post after I posted . Good question:up:

 

[gnashty]

The entire back of the stand is open. Ive had the sump fan running for several months and havent really had much of an issue. I may turn it off since I installed 4 very powerul fans inside the canopy that are doing a fabulous job of cooling the tank.