Can’t easily dispense very small quantities without modification, so not ideal for small or solo-fish set-ups. Even with the ventilation and fans, food in the chamber tends to pick up moisture. They only work with a few types of food and can’t dispense bulky or awkwardly shaped diets like flat algae wafers or giant dried shrimp. There’s a wide variety of brands and models available, and lots of information online about how to modify these feeders to fix any performance issues. Unfortunately, I can’t use the Fish mate due to its very slow release of feed, which causes the more dominant fish to eat all the feed before the smaller ones. It would depend on your fish and the type of food used but my top recommendation in this article would still be my suggestion.
When setting up the feeder in tight quarters, make sure to take into account the room that the bin requires as it turns. The bin is square shaped and those corners will need some room as the bin turns during feeding time. Take care to hold the bin with the feeding bin door not pointed down so that the food doesn’t spill out and make a mess in this process. No, Automatic fish feeders are not bad for fish (as long as they don’t malfunction, in this case, it is recommended to buy a quality one).
The first is the simplest, and that is to simply set the unit on a flat surface with the bin portion of the feeder hanging over the surface of your aquarium water. It can dispense any dry fish food, from flakes to granules. This device is compact and small enough to fit most aquariums. This fish feeder comes with an additional handy feature, it allows you to feed the fish outside of the pre-programming schedule by just pressing a button. As a safety feature, the drum will not stop the feed slot in a downward position.
Well, it is not as aesthetically pleasing as the previous two devices. However, this product has splash-proof buttons so that you wouldn’t have to worry about this anymore. So if you’re busy, you can keep the フードタイマー device running while you’re in your home office working on the important stuff. This is all possible with the help of the Future Pet application, which we’re sure you’ll love as much as we do here. Betta fish can be notoriously picky eaters, but will eat with enthusiasm food they like, including things they shouldn’t be eating.
Since it is only a 5 gallon tank, I do not want anything too big. If you buy anything else it will break and you will end up buying the eheim anyway. I did find that the downward-facing opening on the dispenser made the food more prone to moisture than other fish feeders.