you obviously missed this thread..

http://www.ausmini.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=38626

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put teh fish outside

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-jamie-
1963morris 850
1965 solid side van
1994 rover racecar

shouldnt this be in the "spotted"?

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nDMkVq1jRGU

The tank is not going to help - is it near a wall of the garage?, could you then make a small "room" around it that was reasonably air-tight to the rest of the garage (obviously it will need a door of some sort/size) then vent that room to the outside?

im not sure what i can do to prevent it, i might get the guys that installed the fish over and get them to make some sort of lid maybe or juz put the mini in a car cover

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oil leak?..what oil leak..that puddle under the car is just sweat from all that horsepower

What sort of fish tank setup is it , what typpe of filter (some release more moisture than others) , some photo's might help too . So , to summarise , it is a marine (salt water) aquarium (you said tropical , that normally means fresh water though) and you've seen some salt from it on the floor ? If that's the case it is most likely from a leak than moisture in the air . When salt water evaporates the salt stays on whatever the water was on and pure fresh water evaporates as steam so you've only got to worry about pooling water on tiny , not water vapour . The only way the salt water gets airborn is if the pump or filter is splashing it about or spraying tiny beads of it (like a squirt bottle that hairdressers use) into the air .

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I think that left front rim is salvagable.

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I live with fear everyday. but sometimes she lets me race.

hmmm ill try and get some photos together asap , but what ur saying is that the salt in the tank wont affect tiny?

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oil leak?..what oil leak..that puddle under the car is just sweat from all that horsepower

you never know - between that and the Kennedys I reckon you may hae solved one of the great mysteries

If the water is splashing on tiny then yes the salt will affect him (if it is a salt water aquarium) , a little bit of salt water being misted by a pump or filter might have a slow affect on him but if the water is just evaporating from the tank then the moisture in the air is only fresh water which while isn't ideal is the same as tiny being outside on a humid day .

Are you sure what you saw dried out was salt or was it just a white powdery stuff , some harder waters (water with minerals etc) can leave a white residue over time if somethings been leaking there slowly over time .

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nothings leaking i know that, but it might be juz mist from the tank, cause ive never seen a car rust up this bad in only 6 months

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oil leak?..what oil leak..that puddle under the car is just sweat from all that horsepower

How certain were you of it's condition under the paint beforehand ? If rust is just bogged over it will miraculously appear all of a sudden again in a few months . I'm afraid I'm skeptical that a fish tank in a room with the mini would cause it to erupt in bad rust in 6 months unless the rust was already there under the paint to begin with or the tank had split , drenched the mini and the salt water was left on it .

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I greatly doubt a salt fish tank would cause your car to rust so quickly. I would suggest that the rust was lurking. Once it starts it runs away pretty quickly. Especially if it wasnt primed suitably.

there was rust there but not as bad. the bubbles were as small as a pin head but now they are the size of ping pong balls

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oil leak?..what oil leak..that puddle under the car is just sweat from all that horsepower

yep and they will get the size of basketballs if you dont repair them