aquariumplants.com electronic regulator

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My dad is looking at regulators for setting up his new planted tank and he's pretty high on this electronic one from aquariumplants.com
Anyone used these and liked or disliked them?
Ive also heard good things about rex griggs units. Just trying to get the best out there.
Aquarium plants.com boasts thiers as the best in the world because of this patented regulator that pumps up and down and each time it does it lets a bubble out. Which I think takes the place of the bubble counter.
So it doesnt matter what pressure the tank is at you always get dead accurate CO2 into your tank.
As well as a 3 year warranty

Just looking for more input. Its a big expense for either of the regulators I'm looking at. Just want to make sure there arent any downsides.

I spoke to gamer allready, looking for others inputs as well.
 
i've seen it taken apart somewhere on the interwebz. the electronic part of it didn't seem to be all that great. honestly, i would look into one from grigg or greenleafaquariums.com. I've heard nothing but awesomeness about GLA and Orlando, the guy that runs the place.
 
I too am in the process of looking for a regulator. Have you looked at green leaf? I am right now leaning toward the Primo CO2 Regulator that green leaf offers.
 
Yes, I've looked at the rex grigg and the primo. But they both have standard equipment in them (albiet high end)that makes them suceptible to pressue changes in the tank causeing more or less CO2 to flow.
They also offer a 1 year warranty vs a 3 year so they don't seem as proud of thier product as the aquarium plants one.

I was just curious if anybody had actually tried it and had any possitives or neatives to say about it.
 
Folks .........if you buy a dual stage reg, there's extremely stable tank/reg pressure, that's the thing about using a dual stage reg.........

Ideal Valve in ND is also an excellent piece of high grade valve, about 60-70$, and ebay can nab a decent dual stage, get a good high grade solenoid(GLA might be selling them at some point), and this is the best type of set up.

Last you a life time. The solenoid is the critical part, anything electronic.
Mechanical Stainless steel, brass etc, this stuff should last till you have grand and great grand kids.

I use a needle wheel for the reactor/diffuser or a disc.
Good tygon tubing, then I make a small set of tick marks on the needle valve for a reference to adjust things slow and methodically.

Go first class, spend the time learning how to tweak CO2, get the good equipment, look on ebay etc, local fire extingusher places, refills etc.

It'll be time well spent.

A reg or flow control device will not save folks, nothing will, so best to learn what you can and check it often if you notice anything unusual. I have not tried their product above, nor plan too, I have little need.

A good solenoid that's also reasonably cheap?
I'm game.

Regards,
Tom Barr
 
I found some nice write ups online for the product. 1 out of 10 or so had a bad experience. He was angry because he opened up the control box and found that it was just a simple dial with 6 wires going to it. I guess he expected more in the box LOL. Anyways. aparently they used to have a loud clicking noice every time it would let a bubble through but that has been fixed and now its almost completely silent.
Ohter than that I did'nt find anything bad and lots of good so I think I'm going to go ahead with this model.

I also heard that its a pain to keep the bubble counter full of water. No bubble counter on this model. They have a flashing light that shows every time a bubble is released. You can also get an LCD for another 100 bucks that counts every bubble for the entire lifetime of the unit. Not sure why this would be neccesary.
I don't know a dang thing about CO2 so I'm not sure my follow up report will be all that great since I have never owned a lesser unit to compare to. But i'll post what I think about ease of use and all I guess :)
 
plantbrain said:
Folks .........if you buy a dual stage reg, there's extremely stable tank/reg pressure, that's the thing about using a dual stage reg.........

Ideal Valve in ND is also an excellent piece of high grade valve, about 60-70$, and ebay can nab a decent dual stage, get a good high grade solenoid(GLA might be selling them at some point), and this is the best type of set up.

Last you a life time. The solenoid is the critical part, anything electronic.
Mechanical Stainless steel, brass etc, this stuff should last till you have grand and great grand kids.

I use a needle wheel for the reactor/diffuser or a disc.
Good tygon tubing, then I make a small set of tick marks on the needle valve for a reference to adjust things slow and methodically.

Go first class, spend the time learning how to tweak CO2, get the good equipment, look on ebay etc, local fire extingusher places, refills etc.

It'll be time well spent.

A reg or flow control device will not save folks, nothing will, so best to learn what you can and check it often if you notice anything unusual. I have not tried their product above, nor plan too, I have little need.

A good solenoid that's also reasonably cheap?
I'm game.

Regards,
Tom Barr
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I'm not sure what you mean by saving folks?
I'm also not trying to get anything cheap. this thing cost $600.00 for the kit.
I've also read numerous reports that say that the magnetic selenoids are prone to overheating and failing. So, once again, i'm not really sure what you are saying.
Again I'm just looking for positive or negative reports on people who have used the aquariumplants.com electronic regulator.
Not trying to start a pissing match over who can build a regulator off of great parts you compile from around the globe.
 
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