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tbrown · May 25, 2024

ESABOE said:
I have to get an automatic food feeder since I’ll be traveling to SF and very likely surgery soon after.

What does everyone use?

Amazon Special, Eheim, Plank...

tbrown · May 25, 2024

I've got 2 Amazon specials that work better than my Eheim. Haven't turned on the Plank yet, waiting to get more fish moved over.

tbrown · May 25, 2024

Amazon.com

ESABOE · May 25, 2024

luis angel said:
They open a different cave every 2 or 3 days and at night they close it and open it again the next day after the light turns on.

They do, but I wuv my guy - he cleans the sand better then any other CUC. He has taken out a coral or two from burying, but those corals will now go in nano and anything else will be on a
Mound of rocks.

How can I not love this grumpy face?

ESABOE · May 25, 2024

JoJosReef said:
Ive been using an Eheim feeder for about a year. Pros and cons with that one. Have an Avast Plank coming this week, which was a bit of a splurge.

I was thinking of avast - hoping they went on holiday sale. I dont need on regular basis, just these one-off travel things

Reef Devils · May 25, 2024

What type of mushroom is this? I really want to get some.

ESABOE · May 25, 2024

ESABOE said:
I was thinking of avast - hoping they went on holiday sale. I dont need on regular basis, just these one-off travel things

Ooof, $25 Amazon vs. $200 avast.

ESABOE · May 25, 2024

JoJosReef said:
Ive been using an Eheim feeder for about a year. Pros and cons with that one. Have an Avast Plank coming this week, which was a bit of a splurge.

What were the cons on Eheim and what was the trigger to spend the money on the avast?

ESABOE · May 25, 2024

tbrown said:
I've got 2 Amazon specials that work better than my Eheim. Haven't turned on the Plank yet, waiting to get more fish moved over.

Cons on Eheim?

tbrown · May 25, 2024

ESABOE said:
I was thinking of avast - hoping they went on holiday sale. I dont need on regular basis, just these one-off travel things

Avast requires 2 timers, 1 has to be programmable down to minutes or seconds. The second doesn't have to be used if you leave the Sicce running continuously.

1 minute equals about 3/4 cube of frozen according to the directions.

tbrown · May 25, 2024

ESABOE said:
What were the cons on Eheim and what was the trigger to spend the money on the avast?

Eheim gets moisture inside it easily in my experience.

JoJosReef · May 25, 2024

ESABOE said:
What were the cons on Eheim and what was the trigger to spend the money on the avast?

Mine has done fine with moisture, but getting the opening just right for your pellets is a challenge. I super glued the opening between two notches so that TDO small pellets would drop out. The notch below would drop out a ton and the notch above none. Even with the opening glued, sometimes a pellet or two or three would get jammed and then only half or less of the normal amount would drop out. A bit frustrating. I usually check every morning for jammed pellets and punch them out.