What do you put in your auto feeder?

[wickedfish]

So I got a Eheim auto feeder. I am leaving my non reeding sister in charge of my tank soon.

Question is what do you put in the "hopper"? I added elos and 2 different spectrum pellets. Anything I could add for the meat eaters like my anthia that are picky *** funk?

It has to be super tiny and needs to semi sink. Help?????!


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[gumbii]

nls...

 

[xthunderx]

nls...

+1

Where are you going? I haven't signed a permission slip.

I Use the larger pellet the smaller will float and end up in the overflow. Elos does the same thing, floats like a mother.

LARGE nls is the way to go.

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[wickedfish]

Nls, cool.

@ Oscar, I'm going to visit your family in Sri Lanka.

@ Gums why so cold.


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[cthetoy]

I use a feeding ring with my automatic feeder. This way the smaller pellets stay in the ring until it sinks
Only $2.49 from Marine Depot

 

[wickedfish]

How does it stay in place? Sorry hard to
Make out from the pic.


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[thresher]

I use a feeding ring with my automatic feeder. This way the smaller pellets stay in the ring until it sinks
Only $2.49 from Marine Depot

Slick idea! I'll be doing that if I ever automate feeding.

 

[xthunderx]

I had exactly the same thought. How?

How does it stay in place? Sorry hard to
Make out from the pic.


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[cthetoy]

How does it stay in place? Sorry hard to
Make out from the pic.


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There a small 4" piece of plastic that connects to the ring. The plastic has a small rubber suction cup that attaches to your tank just below the water line. Holds quite well.

The size of the rectangular ring is about 4"x6"

 

[wickedfish]

For What it costs I'm a try it out.

Problem is for me is that my anthias are stupid as heck. They are mid level dwellers and rarely go to the top of the tank.




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[cthetoy]

For What it costs I'm a try it out.

Problem is for me is that my anthias are stupid as heck. They are mid level dwellers and rarely go to the top of the tank.

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The pellets will eventually sink. If some fish eats from the surface in the ring the water disturbance will cause some pellets that are floating to sink.

 

[gumbii]

wow, the feeding station is pretty smart with an auto feeder... in my tank the overflow boxes would suck all the food in... 2000gph+ flow on my 90g tank... so i'd have to dip my hand in with the food so it sank quickly... a feeding ring would've helped out big time... you can even feed flake if you want... like spirulina or cyclopeez...

 

[xthunderx]

Bro, really? Survival of the fittest, throw the food in there, the rest is up to them. If they want to starve, that's their pedo.

My anthias eat just fine at all levels, and they've got greedy aggressive blue/green chromies to compete against.

I think you've made your anthias lasy like government employees. Time to go corporate on their ***. Do it!

For What it costs I'm a try it out.

Problem is for me is that my anthias are stupid as heck. They are mid level dwellers and rarely go to the top of the tank.




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[wickedfish]

Bro, really? Survival of the fittest, throw the food in there, the rest is up to them. If they want to starve, that's their pedo.

My anthias eat just fine at all levels, and they've got greedy aggressive blue/green chromies to compete against.

I think you've made your anthias lasy like government employees. Time to go corporate on their ***. Do it!

I agree. Stupid fish deserve to starve.


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[BeanMachine]

You can get those little floating feeders at petsmart too. I have one that I used. Its ugly but does keep the pellets from floating into the overflow. May have missed it but there is a little arm with a suction cup, the square is foam so that part floats.

Did you see that slick feeder that Mike G from SCRK built? Hit him up, put your feeder in that. It had a neck on it that went below the water so the food would sink.

You and the kids can do some arts and crafts.

 

[wickedfish]

The real money is in the dude that invents the frozen feeder.

Pitch;

Thing is a mini freezer you load up lil cubes in slots and it turns the wheel and drops one in the tank. After it drops one it seals again so the others stay frozen.

Obviously no rinsing here, would be too messy. And you would need a drain, RO etc...

Gimme my monay!


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[gumbii]

like this esteban...?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dSxK12WJ4B8

 

[wickedfish]

Why I never!


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