Most reliable auto feeder?
 

Well, Wife asked for the big D yestrday.... Now I work out of town, camp job. 3 weeks home 3 weeks out. I have ATO setup on a PLC and is darn reliable. But now I need to setup feeding. I can get the mother in law to come over, but not every day..

So What's the most reliable feeder for pellets? If not, I gotta sell my 150g

I use the Rena Automatic Fish Feeder because...

* It is reliable and well made
* I can control it with my aquarium controller by cycling the power

- Brad

This one?
http://www.jlaquatics.com/product/fd...sh+Feeder.html

It figures because just 3 days ago I made a order to JL. Now I need another order..

Yup.

I have two installed on my tank.

- Brad

Thx Brad. About how much food do they hold? I have 2 Tangs, 2 Clowns, 2 Angels, and a Lawnmower blennie

I use 1mm sinking pellets.

I feed 4 times a day. Each feed cycle is between 3 and 4 spins, so that's an average of about 14 rotations per day.

The feeder can easily hold 3 weeks worth of food. Probably more, but I don't tend to fill it to capacilty.

- Brad

I've been using an Eheim dual chamber feeder for better than 2 years, no problems. No experience with any others. Only minor issue I find is large flakes tend to dispense unreliably. They do eventually, just seem to get pushed back up into the hopper instead of making their way out. Pellets dispense easily. Runs on batteries, LCD display, battery level indicator, plenty of programming options. Up to 3 feedings per day per side. I built an acrylic bracket to hang on the side of my display.

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+1 on the ehiems..... ps.... Sorry to hear Dan

Yeah, what he said...


I have 2 of the eheim single chamber auto feeders
The one on my discus tank feeds 3 times aday and has been running for 2.5 years.
I've only changed the batteries once in that time.

You can set them up to feed up to 4 times a day, and 1 or 2 feedings per time (1 minute apart)

Regardless make sure that you test what ever you buy out for a few cycles before you leave.
(I didnt have mine set correctly for about a week and it wasnt feeding)

+1 on this, I have one and drop it 3 times in the water. Still working lol