Fish Mate F14 Aquarium Fish Feeder

Superlike this machine that i just need to set the number of meals per day(from 1 to max 4 meals. Only downside is i cannot travel more than 14 days. After continuously using from august 2022 to jul 2023, device is not working now.

Ottimo prodotto, semplice, fa il suo dovere alla perfezione. Se siete indecisi tra una mangiatoia a tamburo o questa, prendete questa senza pensarci due volte... PRO Scegliete voi la dose esatta di cibo da inserire negli scomparti, eroga 14 pasti totali, max 4 pasti al giorno, è predisposta per installare il tubo dell'areatore ed evitare così che il cibo diventi umido. MIGLIORABILE L'installazione sulla vasca è semplice ma a mio avviso un po' "a qualche modo"; i morsetti, a meno che non si mette un pezzo di cartone o gommapiuma per aumentare la presa sul vetro (che comunque avviene), sono di gran lunga migliorabili. Anche il sistema di posizionamento della stessa mangiatoia sui morsetti è altrettanto migliorabile... Sta in posizione ma sembra sia li lì per sbilanciarsi dato che sporge piu di 10cm dal bordo, ed è solo appoggiata a questi morsetti, nessun incastro od aggancio. Comunque obiettivamente fa il suo dovere. CONTRO Il manuale non è in italiano. È corredato di immagini ma se una persona non capisce una delle lingue disponibili (anericano, tedesco,francese, spagnolo o olandese), potrebbe comunque faticare a capire come impostare la mangiatoia. Per me comunque è un ottimo acquisto e lo consiglio!

This fish feeder works perfectly for my tank and my fish. I use a combination of dried, flake and tablet food, and this feeder does its job very well. I tend to use it for long weekends away, but last month we went away for 10 days during warm weather and it didn't clog or malfunction in any way. I don't think the fish even noticed we'd gone! The mechanism is very simple, based on a slowly rotating clock. You set the clock to the current time then put the pegs next to the appropriate hour, and as the chosen time comes around the pegs make contact with tabs on the outer food wheel and rotate it. The open bottom of the compartment gradually overlaps the hole in the base, and the food drops through. The food wheel lifts right out for easy cleaning, but I haven't had to clean mine at all. You should turn the mechanism on before loading the food, because the power switch is next to the battery under a protective cover on the underside of the unit. A few points: - If you don't have a tank with an open flat top, you can put it inside the hood, but you will probably need to attach an airline to stop the flake food from clumping - it says this in the instructions, which are very clear. - Don't use directly over the site of an airstone or filter - it will moisten the food and lead to clumping. Leaving the lid of the feeder open may also help with condensation. - As with any 'automated' item, test it for a week before you go - to save stressing out or starving your pets. - If you set it to feed at 6pm, the food won't necessarily drop in at 6pm. It's a slow gradual rotation, so if you put a large tablet in the compartment and the holes start to line up at 6pm, the tablet will not drop in until the hole is big enough - could be an hour later! Dimensions: The flat edge at the back is about 12cm, from front to back 14cm, and it's about 4.5cm high. Each food compartment has internal dimensions of 1.7cm long and approx. 1.6cm wide (1.3cm inner edge, 2cm outer edge), and is about 1.7cm high.

It's closer to 4.5 stars. I've used the drum autofeeders in the past and hated them because it's so hard to guess the opening for the right amount of food to dispense, and the moisture makes short, moldy work of flake food. I have 4 tanks, I bought one to try out: it was a bit frustrating at first because the tray moves/lifts off so easily that it took me 3 (irritating) tries to get the food in and the feeder situated on the aquarium. I learned it's very helpful to stick a fat pen (sharpie, etc) into the opening to keep it from spinning. The aquarium I tested it out on is 55 gal, and that has the LED light inserts - I just removed one of the lights, pulled back the plastic cover that protects the light, and set the feeder so that the opening was over the exposed water. It was too close to the water for the flake food, and I was not interested in hooking up an air pump, so I elevated it by putting some cut wood paneling pieces under it to raise it about 4". That helped tremendously, but sometimes the flakes still got too moist and wouldn't dispense because it stuck to the sidewalls of the tray. So rather than raise it anymore, I just opened the cover - viola! That did it. I have several different kinds of fish, so in addition to flakes, there are shrimp pellets, freeze-dried bloodworms, and algae tablets (broken into pieces. What makes this great is that it dispenses exactly the amounts of the different foods rather than random mixture from the drum-style feeders and this is what sold me. I have ordered 3 more for my other tanks - all of which I can make work in a very similar fashion. Do test it out before you go on vacation - make sure you've worked any of the bugs out and that you're confident it will work while you're gone. I was ready to get rid of my tanks because it was so stressful trying to arrange someone to come over to feed them while I was out of town, but now this has removed the stress and I'm glad that I can keep my fish tanks:) The cons are the irritation at how easily it is to mess up the food you so carefully distribute into each cell, just by a little bump (thus having to do it all over again), and the price - I don't see how in the world this thing should cost almost $25 - that's highway robbery for such a simple gadget (no LCD display or anything - just a simple clock mechanism and all plastic parts). But I'm obviously willing to pay it because it's a simple solution that works really well. *Update, I'll bump it up to 4.75 stars (still the price factor is ridiculous), but I did order the other 3 and have them all on my tanks. They work so well, I use them as everyday feeders (they were originally intended as vacation feeders only). Using them creates less wasted food because it dispenses a little at a time over an hour, so the fish have time to get it all rather than having some of it get sucked up in the filter. I have it feed them 2x a day - so once a week I fill all the feeders (it's helpful to remove the feeder, set it on a table, stick a fat pen (or something comparable) into the opening to stop the wheel from spinning, and use a small funnel when adding food to the chambers.)

Necesitaba un comedero que vertiera cantidades pequeñas, y este era el único que encontré. Lo he probado durante 2 semanas y no se me ha muerto ningún pez. Es sencillo y puedes poner la cantidad y variedad de comida que quieras para 14 dosis. Para mi es perfecto, lo recomiendo. Ahora voy a intentar decir puntos negativos. El mecanismo de giro es el de un reloj y si estás atento y la sala en silencio se escucha el tic-tac, aunque en teoría no estás presente, estás de viaje... Es un poco voluminoso, estéticamente queda mal, aunque estás de viaje... Es bastante más caro que los demás, pero esto lo conoces de antemano. Pero insisto, para mi es perfecto.

Product works very well. Have been using it for more than a year, whenever everybody in family is travelling out. Useful product for Aquarium hobbyists. A bit expensive, but serves purpose very well. Flat type is suitable for aquariums with lid.