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MrsBugmaster 03-15-2010 05:53 PM

need auto feeder
 
I am going on holidays in a few weeks and and looking for a good auto feeder for my new baby clowns. Can anyone recemmend one the is reliale?

Thanks

kien 03-15-2010 06:05 PM

What do you feed your baby clowns? Flakes and pellets? If so, i can recommend the eheim auto feeder. I use two of them on two tanks and they have been great. I got one for holidays like you, but now they are employed every day to add an extra feeding in the mornings and afternoons while I'm at work. Have not had any issues with them. I've seen them sold at just about every local fish store that I've been to. A couple of concerns that I've read about autofeeders in general is 1. you can accidentally dump in too much food and 2. they can clog due to humidity. Well, neither have been an issue for me. It is vented quite well to prevent humidity clogging and you set the amount of food to dispense and it will never drop more or less (unless it runs out of food of course) than what you set.

edit: If you are going to use one of these auto feeders what I would recommend getting also is a feeding ring. This way you can drop the food into the feeding ring and keep it contained there. Otherwise the food will quickly float into your overflow (assuming you have one).

banditpowdercoat 03-15-2010 06:08 PM

Best Auto Feeder I found fro vacations was the Mother In law. Guaranteed to screw up! Atleast she's consistent LMAO.





Naw, I'm just jokin, she does a good job.

MrsBugmaster 03-15-2010 07:56 PM

While on holidays I will be feeding them just crushed flake and crushed pellets. There are only 3 of them so I want something that won't feed too much at one time. I will check into the eheim. Thanks

MrsBugmaster 03-15-2010 08:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by banditpowdercoat (Post 501943)
Best Auto Feeder I found fro vacations was the Mother In law. Guaranteed to screw up! Atleast she's consistent LMAO.





Naw, I'm just jokin, she does a good job.

i just recently moved here, so unfortunely I don't have any family or close friends to help out.

Coleus 04-28-2010 10:50 PM

I used Rena LG100 Automatic Fish Feeder and it is awesome. The only weird thing i found is how to program it so it can feed my fish with my apex controller. I have to turn it on then off then on again so it can do a full rotation. Otherwise it just set itself to a ready position.

subman 04-28-2010 11:06 PM

Re: need auto feeder
 
+1 on the Rena I bought it for holidays an never took it off


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don.ald 04-29-2010 01:40 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kien (Post 501942)
What do you feed your baby clowns? Flakes and pellets? If so, i can recommend the eheim auto feeder. I use two of them on two tanks and they have been great. I got one for holidays like you, but now they are employed every day to add an extra feeding in the mornings and afternoons while I'm at work. Have not had any issues with them. I've seen them sold at just about every local fish store that I've been to. A couple of concerns that I've read about autofeeders in general is 1. you can accidentally dump in too much food and 2. they can clog due to humidity. Well, neither have been an issue for me. It is vented quite well to prevent humidity clogging and you set the amount of food to dispense and it will never drop more or less (unless it runs out of food of course) than what you set.

edit: If you are going to use one of these auto feeders what I would recommend getting also is a feeding ring. This way you can drop the food into the feeding ring and keep it contained there. Otherwise the food will quickly float into your overflow (assuming you have one).

where can you find the feeding ring? looking for a link?
thanks

kien 04-29-2010 01:47 AM

this is the most common one that I see at virtually every pet store.

http://www.marinedepot.com/NUTRAFIN_...FDFECF-vi.html

I don't use this one myself though. I found one that is more of a square than a ring but same principal (sorry can't find a link for this one). You can also MacGyver something by cutting out a hollow square or ring out of foam.

don.ald 04-29-2010 01:54 AM

MacGyver ??
LOL --- might be showing my age if i admit to knowing this one:mrgreen:


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