Breto
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Quick background:
I just started my tank recently and as part of the build I built an auto off/on button for feeding, much like you see with the reef controllers. My design is an old industrial timer I was able to get from my work for free and a modified power strip. It's quite simple in design in that you push a button and everything plugged into that power strip loses power for 20 min and then automatically comes back on.
Currently I have my power heads and my HOB skimmer plugged into it and it works great. The problem is that I just added my first fish and when the timer turns the pumps back on it seems to scare the poor little guy.
So my question is, will the fish eventually get used to this? or should I really not worry about cutting the power to my pumps during feeding?
I just started my tank recently and as part of the build I built an auto off/on button for feeding, much like you see with the reef controllers. My design is an old industrial timer I was able to get from my work for free and a modified power strip. It's quite simple in design in that you push a button and everything plugged into that power strip loses power for 20 min and then automatically comes back on.
Currently I have my power heads and my HOB skimmer plugged into it and it works great. The problem is that I just added my first fish and when the timer turns the pumps back on it seems to scare the poor little guy.
So my question is, will the fish eventually get used to this? or should I really not worry about cutting the power to my pumps during feeding?