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[ample]

Yes, they naturally hang around the surface.

My Echinodorus Aflame is around 5 inches tall and hasn’t gained any height in the last 6 months. It’s a slow grower too.

Beautiful tank!

Would you mind sharing a pic of your plant? There aren’t too many pictures online aside from the few stock photos that everyone uses. Is yours a deep inky purple?

 

[ample]

I've had 2 Fzone regulators fail. No more of those for me. I do like most of their other products I've purchased though.

Yup, not impressed with the regulator but pleasantly surprised at their other products, especially the stainless pipes.

 

[Kwyet]

Would you mind sharing a pic of your plant? There aren’t too many pictures online aside from the few stock photos that everyone uses. Is yours a deep inky purple?

It’s an old pic because this has become my farm/collectoritis tank now. This will give the best view of it. I’m planning to do an overhaul on this tank tomorrow actually to try to make it more presentable again. Right now it’s just a jungle.

 

[Koan]

budget single stage regulator

You probably know about end-of-tank dump A single stage regulator poses an enormous risk to overdosing those fish, when you get close to the end of the CO2 in the tank

Here is an explanation of why +:



Basically by the very nature of a single stage regulator, unless you disconnect and refill the CO2 bottle before it gets to the end of pressure, the regulator will allow the remaining CO2 to rush out and poison your livestock.

I don't think you mentioned what you are using to diffuse your CO2 We talk a lot about the Yugang reactor around here

Article 'Yugang CO2 Reactor - A Guide'

Contents: Benefits of Yugang reactor Calculate the reactor dimensions Overflow mode, regulator mode, pH/CO2 controller Overflow mode, step by step instruction Regulator mode, pH/CO2 controller mode, step by...

• Yugang
• Sep 15, 2025
• 20 min read
• Reaction score: 11
• Comments: 11
• Category: CO2 in the Planted Aquarium

Protecting your livestock from that end-of-tank dump is actually one original motivation for Yugang to design his CO2 reactor

Designing and sizing one specifically to match the size of your tank can be a great stopgap protection, until you're ready to go to a dual stage regulator

 

[ample]

You probably know about end-of-tank dump a single stage regulator is an enormous risk to overdose those fish when you get close to the end of the CO2 in the tank



What this means is that, by the very nature of a single stage regulator, unless you disconnect and refill the CO2 bottle before it gets to the end of pressure, the regulator will allow the remaining CO2 to rush out and poison your livestock.

I don't think you mentioned what you are using to diffuse your CO2 Protecting your livestock from end-of-tank dump is actually the number one use case for a Yugang CO2 reactor that is designed and sized specifically to match the size of your tank

Article 'Yugang CO2 Reactor - A Guide'

Contents: Benefits of Yugang reactor Calculate the reactor dimensions Overflow mode, regulator mode, pH/CO2 controller Overflow mode, step by step instruction Regulator mode, pH/CO2 controller mode, step by...

• Yugang
• Sep 15, 2025
• 20 min read
• Reaction score: 11
• Comments: 11
• Category: CO2 in the Planted Aquarium

It can be a helpful stopgap until you're ready to go to a dual stage regulator

I’m using an FZone in-line diffuser.

I’ve actually been lurking quite a bit on all of the yugang posts and even watched @Jeff Miotke ‘s YouTube video on it. The yugang propaganda is strong here, lol. For how many advantages there are, I haven’t seen any of the pros really talk about any type of horizontal reactors. Is a high quality dual stage regulator not enough insurance against end of tank dump?

 

[Koan]

Is a high quality dual stage regulator not enough insurance against end of tank dump?

It absolutely is

With a high quality regulator, the benefits of a Yugang are then in set-it-and-forget-it cO2 stability, and managing CO2 in very large tanks.

And not having fizzy bubbles in your tank

 

[JayP]

I haven’t seen any of the pros really talk about any type of horizontal reactors

Pros are sponsored, and the only place selling ready built off-the-shelf Yugang reactors is Aqua Rocks Colorado.

 

[MrJG]

It’s definitely not a high end regulator. I originally wanted to purchase their dual stage but ended up getting their even more budget single stage regulator secondhand along with a CO2 cylinder off marketplace… it’s doing the job for now but it really doesn’t take fine tuning like you said. I’m prepared to purchase a nicer one once this one fails.

I have the “pro” dual stage so yeah it’s probably the same needle valve hardware regardless of the core regulator. :-/