Most reliable automatic feeder?

[Andresnyc93]

Hello fellow reefers,

Im on the market for an automatic feeder, I’ll be going away for 2 days and won’t have anyone to watch the fish for me so I need something that gets the job done for 2 days.

Anyone using an automatic feeder and care to share your experiences with it? Thanks so much!

 

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[homer1475]

The eheim one gets great reviews, and it's fairly cheap.


Dropped mine in my tank, never worked right after. Bought a cheap one on amazon, been using it for 2 feeding a day for the last 2 years.

 

[Andresnyc93]

The eheim one gets great reviews, and it's fairly cheap.


Dropped mine in my tank, never worked right after. Bought a cheap one on amazon, been using it for 2 feeding a day for the last 2 years.

I’ve heard of stories from some people of this malfunctioning and feeding all the pellets that were inside? Do you have it hooked up to a controller or just regular outlet?

 

[homer1475]

It runs on batteries. Most of them do.

 

[Andresnyc93]

It runs on batteries. Most of them do.

Gotcha, thanks for the recommendation! Will look into it for sure

 

[TurboTang]

+1 on eheim feeder. I've had mine probably 2 years. Just does it's job reliably without complaint.

 

[dmsc2fs]

Plank Feeder.

 

[homer1475]

Plank Feeder.

While I have looked into the plank, and like it's design and function. I just cannot justify the price.

 

[Dbichler]

I use this one it works great 4 programmable feed times with different amounts and usb chargeable no baterries needed.