Does this feeder can keep feeding during a 3 week period with a one time a day serving? I have a 42 gallon tank and a close by 45 fishes community.
1341737
Shouldn't be a problem. I have to go check on mine (55 gal with 7 fish) every other week mainly because of water level. Mine is salt water tank and the feeder door was hitting the water and getting sticky and not opening. I would feel comfortable leaving mine a month but I have to change the settings so much I feel confortable that I have it programmed correctely.
1341738
I believed it can go a good month, depending on the following: size of the pellets; the opening of the portion size. Since I don't know what type of fish food you have, you can used mine for calculation. I use mini Cichlid pellet, 3-4 slot opening position, feeding twice daily. I have five 4-5" fish & a 6-7" Red-ear slider turtle that eats a lot on a 90gal tank. I only used the feeder when I'm away more than couple of days but not when I'm at home. I break the pellets for the fish and the turtle finishes the rest. Watch out for food condensation.
1033547
I feed my fish once a day and it works great. I have an automatic feeder and the pellet size is perfect. It is especially great because it is one of the few that I found that are sinking pellets. I have overflows for my tank and floating food wouldn't work well.
2049074
Yes, should not be an issue provided you have fish in the tank and someone will be feeding them. That should keep up the difference.
43769
Yes I think it can, I feed my cats small amounts spaced out throughout the day, I would say they both get feed little over a tablespoon and a half each time and it can still go down. The super feeder was originally designed to dispense fish food pellets in ponds! So it can go down pretty far depending on the pellet size and settings you have on it.
76754
Sorry Patti, can't help you with this one. Have had my feeder only three months and everything is working find for me. Good luck with your problem
132730
Mine feeder is never kept full all the time. How can it be. Birds keep coming as the contents of the feeder diminishes until it reaches the level at which the birds cannot get to the remaining seeds. I don't see how birds can get "stuck" in the feeder under any conditions.
2271711
Yes!! I have bought two of these feeders and love them. I'll buy a third one in the fall.
1468825
I wish I had a clear answer for you but I just believe that as convenient the feeder should/could be it's just not that well designed. I would suggest asking the manufacturer or sending it back and getting a new one or a refund.
621476
Yes. I plan on having 3 feeders out at a time and will rotate them with freshly cleaned and refilled ones. In the hot temps. they need refilled almost daily.
1389091
i used it once a week . i heard of others that use it every feeding ! i guess it is a matter of choice . hope that helps !
874409
I use my feeder for portion control and to get my cat to eat more frequently -- we are trying to get her weight down. I don't use the feeder for trips, like everyone seemed to who was answering this question. So for a 24-hr period, it works fine. Just add a bit of water into the wet food if you're concerned about it drying out a bitl
624755
This question really depends on the portion size you set the feeder to distribute. We feed a single cat 1/4 cup every day (split out across three feedings). The feeder can go about 2 weeks before needing refilled. We have a small dispenser container however I seem to remember there being an option to purchase a larger container to mount to the feeder. If you go with the extra large container, I would imagine you could dish out quite a bit of food and be ok.
632494
I would not buy this if I were you. The one I bought worked for 3 meals and stopped. This is a terrible feeder.
949548
That's a small load. I have mine on the Eheim auto-feeder and feed a decent load two double feeds per day. For your load, I would say one time per day would be fine on the smallest setting (about a small pinch of food).
524015
I've been using the 5-meal feeder for about 4 years now. It rotates 3 times per day and I install a new set of good alkalines once a year just to be safe - they've never run down on me. It's stayed accurate and reliable until very recently. It's starting to occasionally sound like the motor is dragging even with new batteries so I'll be replacing it shortly - but I'll get another one just like it.
2061955
You should be fine with this feeder. There is a little sliding "door" that adjusts for the size of the food and the amount you want to fall out per feeding. The big button in the back will allow you to test the food quantity that is dropped before you have to wait for any timer setting you have set. I've used this with very tiny turtle pellets and with the turtle sticks. It does well with different types of food. The only thing I didn't like it with was fish flakes.They tend to stick because of the moisture. But pellets and sticks work just fine in my experience.
550619
You can program the feeder to deliver a small amount. But the more important question is: Will you fish food fit and be delivered? I used flake food and pellets, but the unit kept getting clogged. I don't recommend this.