Fish tanks in bedrooms?(CM's Thread of the week)

[Lexus]

My parents seem convinced that breathing in the fish air or evaporated water is harmful to me... anyone heard anything about possibly lung fungus or health risks?
I have a fan on usually but the door is closed with no vents or windows. Just curious!

[mrmoby]

I would kind of doubt it. I suppose it would really depend on how much evaporation occurs in your tank. During the winter I maybe lose 1-2 gallons a week, but that is with extremely dry air. You probably end up breathing as much evaportated water from your toilet. The only other thing I can offer is this, on most humidifiers, particularly stand alone units that you might have in various spots in the home, it is recomended you add an atibacterial solution. But that is something that is made to forcibly add 10 gallons a day to your homes air, and certainly not the quantity you get from tank evaporation. Try adding some form of ventilation, either keep the window or door open, and use the fan to bring in outside air. If nothing changes, probably not the tank, look elsewhere, if you have an improvement, well, they may be on to something.

[maxpayne_lhp]

For Lexus question, I dun think so, it's good as long as it is not really damp. In fact, have a tank of water in the bed room may be a good idea (healthy)

[Osiris]

yea it keeps you mositured, like in winter bloody noises run more since so dry in house. It's very undoubtful, i have 10 tanks in my den/living room, i did begin to have small mold problem but i installed a digital dehumidifier and went away, (after i cleaned it too) winter time you will only have that problem as windows are open more in summer. That is only thing i would strongly suggest getting for the winter if you don't have one is a dehumidifier.

[Mr Aquarium]

LMAO,. that is the funniest thing I ever heard, I have 5 tanks here in the living room, so what is the differents,
Ask you folks if it;s any better breathing n the dirty air from outside, dust when the wind blows, gas fumes from car and the other nastys they expell out, fumes from house cleaning products, and the list goes on.....
Oh yeah, ask them where the moisture in the air comes from,,,,,I bet it;s rivers, ponds, lakes that all have millions and millions of fish in them, where is the rain from,,,,,
the same rivers, ponds, lakes,,,,,,,,,,,,

[Scuba Kid]

yeah, i have tanks spread all over my house and i always have, and ive never had a problem, or heard of anyone who has.

[Fishfirst]

poppycot! there is no scientific basis for thier claims, I had 4 tanks in my room at school and I'm a healthy guy, haven't needed to go to the doctor in years. that was a total of 90 gallons! I didn't even have any mold problems, you just gotta be careful if you spill water onto the carpet because then it can mold if you don't soak it up with a towel or something.

[Baby_Baby]

ya. I don't think you can get sick from the tank. Unless, like fishfirst said, you get mold on the carpet. Or if your tank is really dirty and theres tons of bacteria. But as long as your tank is clean, i think you're perfectly safe =)

[sbsociety]

Haha. I bet we can all remember something preposterous our parents told us to prohibit us from doing something (even if they believed the atrocity or not)... Kinda like how everyone's parents told us if we keep crossing our eyes, they'll stay that way... lol...

[Baby_Baby]

or if we went to close to the tv, that we'd get sucked in.

[DavidDoyle]

I have 9 tanks ranging in size from 5.5 to 75 gals in my bedroom- total gals there is 275.5. I have no moisture or mold problems. It does stay warmer in my room than in the rest of the house- geat in winter not so great in summer.

[fishfreaks]

we have our aquaterrarium and 15 gallon tank in our bedroom. the fish tank we have to replace about 2 gallons per week it gets pretty hot upstairs.

[blixem]

You are NOT going to get anything FROM your tank into the evaporated air. What you might have is more of the particles that are in the air already attaching to the more moist air.

If anything this should help breathing by keeping the air going into your lungs more moist, which keeps your body from having to add that moisture itself.

[Baby_Baby]

well, you could get annoyed by the smell if you don't clean it, and it could start to really stink up if you keep too warm. but i think u're okay. I have a 2.5 gallon and a 29 gallon in my bedroom. and i don't have any problems.

[maxpayne_lhp]

I'm sleeping 'with' 2 turtles and 2 bettas. They all in good smell. It's ME who doesn;t take a bath :P

[Lydia]

lol maxpayne

[fish_doc]

It could cause problems if you have allergies to some types of molds and algae, but for the most part there should be no issue. A air conditioner will pull out moisture and in cooler weather when the air is not running I guess you open windows once in awhile. So things should be fine. In the winter the extra humidity in the air is good for you so the only problem is possibly with the house itself. The floor falling through because of the weight of the tanks.

[Mr Aquarium]

[qoute]Baby_Baby said; if we went to close to the tv, that we'd get sucked in.[/qoute]

I think I had a TV try to do that to me once

[sbsociety]

Originally Posted by Mr Aquarium

I think I had a TV try to do that to me once

Had your mom given you some brownies that looked like it had green oregano sprinkled inside? haha

[Thunderkiss]

Unfounded. Big humidifiers really. But any ailments you may aquire would be from physically touching the water with an open wound, not airborne.
But, for the love of God, don't tell them about the open wound bit, you don't want them to go off on you about that