I converted my tank into an in-wall display with its own room independently exhausted of humidity for about $600 in material and my own free labour. The room is also vented to draw cool air in from outside which helps to keep the heat down (I run halides) and the pH up. By no longer running a dehumidifier we are now saving $50 a month during the winter in electricity and the house no longer rises above 40%. Also, since the new tank room is relatively sealed off we aren't loosing very much of our warm house air and the noise that the tank makes is significantly buffered. There are plenty of pictures in the more recent pages of my tank journal.
HRVs are certainly the way of the future but can be extremely costly to integrate properly into existing construction.
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