Most reliable auto feeder?

[banditpowdercoat]

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

[abcha0s]

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

[banditpowdercoat]

This one?
http://www.jlaquatics.com/product/fd-aprff/Aquarium+Phram.+Rena+LG100+Automatic+Fish+Feeder.h tml

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

[abcha0s]

Yup.

I have two installed on my tank.

- Brad

[banditpowdercoat]

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

[abcha0s]

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

[mike31154]

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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[fishytime]

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

[Ross]

+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)

[Coleus]

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

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

[High tide]

My experiences with the Eheim twin were not as good as others have said. The augers were constantly jamming and the batteries did not seem to last. I switched over to the Rena feeders and have been very happy. No more jamming and no battery to change.

[Lampshade]

I bought 2 $3(yes three) ones off eBay, I was going to set them up to have each one feed once a day, but set one up for a test and it hasn't failed since. I'm using the small pellets, this thing has fed twice a day for almost a year now, only fails when I don't look at it for awhile and it goes empty. Original battery's too.. they came with it.

Anyways, all these fancy features and stuff tend to be what break on the pricey ones, and battery life, etc. So far, I'll put out a +1 on the cheapy's,.

Looks like the price went up to $9.99, might be able to find more, but this is the model I'm using.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Auto-Automatic-Tank-Aquarium-Fish-Food-Feeding-Feeder-/110731082146?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item19c81639a2#ht_4078wt_1270

[reef-keeper]

never bought a auto feeder I built one out of scrape products from work once I figure out how to post a picture with my Iphone I will show you it