Luke* Posted February 2, 2005 Report Share Posted February 2, 2005 I found an old thread saying that the Eheim ones are good, anyone have the Nutrafin Profeed Auto Fish Feeder? I also saw another asian-looking brand HK1 on trademe which holds 3X more but has 4X less battery life. I guess the major advantage of Eheim (aside from being a good brand) is it can feed up to 4X per day, the other two above mentioned can only do up to 2X per day. Just trying to find a quality one really... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jo1 Posted February 2, 2005 Report Share Posted February 2, 2005 We have around 40 Nutrafins operating and can recommend them. The barrell would hold around 3-4 weeks of food which we crush so it doesn't get stuck. Also have several Eheim which have a larger barrel. They are more expensive but OK. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
electricfish37 Posted February 16, 2005 Report Share Posted February 16, 2005 My experience is that the Eheim is best. We have a problem with the Nutramatic (the one with the resettable clock) as the food gets wet from fish splashing as they go for the food as it falls in the tank. The Nutramatic which gives a feed every 12 hours seems foolproof, but you can't set the feed times. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jo1 Posted February 16, 2005 Report Share Posted February 16, 2005 We set the Nutafin over a cutout in the lids so no problems. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
electricfish37 Posted February 17, 2005 Report Share Posted February 17, 2005 Yes, we put ours over a cut-out but that is where all the splashing occurs! I guess the main problem is that the water level is only about 25mm below the feeder - where we have them higher up, there is no problem.We have stuck a curved thin metal shield on the feeder, and this helps, but the odd tank still causes problems. I solve that by using an Eheim on the problem tanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jo1 Posted February 17, 2005 Report Share Posted February 17, 2005 Is the air down that end of the tank? If so that would create the splashing. Maybe change feeder position to the other end of tank. I have found that eheim feeders will clog up with dampness but atleast you can run an airline into the eheim feeder to take care of that problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
electricfish37 Posted February 17, 2005 Report Share Posted February 17, 2005 No, Jo, the air is at leasst 300mm away and I'm sure the splashing is caused by hungry (or greedy?) fish. Some of the mixed food is floating pellets, and maybe that's what they are chasing when they splash. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jo1 Posted February 19, 2005 Report Share Posted February 19, 2005 Oops sorry didn't notice your reply until now. I guess that would be a problem. Most of ours are 100mm from water and the ones that are close can get clogged even with air connected to them (Eheim & Hydor but wouldn't recommend Hydor as most of them crapped out) Is there was anyway you could set the feeder up higher off the lid it may work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke* Posted February 20, 2005 Author Report Share Posted February 20, 2005 So do these usually hang on the back of your tank or how do you position them? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
electricfish37 Posted February 20, 2005 Report Share Posted February 20, 2005 The feeder sits on a Perspex cover about 25mm above the water. There is then another cover above the feeder, which is secured to keep out the fiddlers. These are in public spaces. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jo1 Posted February 21, 2005 Report Share Posted February 21, 2005 Prefer to position them over the hole on the lid, that way people see the food being dispensed and no dampness gets in, but you always get people that like to fiddle and think the fish are starving - in those cases electric is right, they will go under the lid on the cover plate. The feeder also comes with a block that can be positioned and feeder attached and keeps the feeder in the same position Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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