Best auto-feeder for small portions?

[zachfishman]

I'm looking at getting an auto-feeder for my 29. I'd like to reliably feed a very small portion of food (this is to augment my regular evening feelings). I feed the New Life Spectrum tiny pellets (1mm or 2mm) and only want about 20 to be dispensed.

Other feeders I've seen (e.g. Penn Plax Daily Double) do not feed a reliable amount, and I am worried that a huge amount of food could come tumbling into my system.

Any recs?

 

[Dr Colliebreath]

The Eheim auto feeder (#3581) is a good feeder. I have two and use them for small amounts of NLS pellets. You need to tape the opening control at the right open space as the detents don't go small enough (not a problem to do).

 

[zachfishman]

The Eheim auto feeder (#3581) is a good feeder. I have two and use them for small amounts of NLS pellets. You need to tape the opening control at the right open space as the detents don't go small enough (not a problem to do).

Thanks for the suggestion. I didn't even think of mods.

 

[LobsterOfJustice]

Something like this may work for you:

http://www.drsfostersmith.com/product/prod_display.cfm?c=3578+4430+4443&pcatid=4443

It has individual compartments for each day so you can literally put exactly 20 pellets in each compartment and thats all that will be fed. The timer interface is kind of awkward and not as nice as something digital like the eheim though.

 

[zachfishman]

Something like this may work for you:

http://www.drsfostersmith.com/product/prod_display.cfm?c=3578+4430+4443&pcatid=4443

It has individual compartments for each day so you can literally put exactly 20 pellets in each compartment and thats all that will be fed. The timer interface is kind of awkward and not as nice as something digital like the eheim though.

Thanks for the suggestion. I have one and use it on my FW. Though you can proportion exactly, the way it dispenses food results in a slow addition instead of all-at-once. This would likely result in my more aggressive fish getting all the food, leaving nothing for the bottom-dweller...