Hey how are you (and your fish) liking that automatic feeder?
The pellet autofeeder is ok. It is very basic and only doses in one of three modes, once a day, 2x a day or 3x a day. All lag-intervals based upon when you set it to start. But it works and the fish eat.
The particle feeding works great via the dosing pump.
I shut it down.
Ok, it works very very well, but i think the food solutions need to be suspended better via some auto-stirring device, and they NEED to be refrigerated. I am looking for a VERY small fridge to hackup and put under my tank. I haven't put the effort into this yet, it's a winter project. I have sourced some reasonably priced magnetic stirring devices. One that is air-powered (I haven't ordered but it is cheap) and one that is battery that I have and it works, but about $80 vs $40... so i'm not sure yet.
I think that either a fridge for boats (marine fridges often open from the top like a chest freezer but are very compact, even at 18"x18") or a portable 12v cooler designed to plug into your car and keep your beer cold when camping might be the right solution. Mini-Bar fridges are too big in general, though I did find a "specality" coke-o-cola ( or is it coke-a-cola?) anyhow, one of those that holds like 6 cans and sits on your desk at work ...
Anyhow, i need to keep the multiple suspended dosing foods stirred and cold. Fridge and magnetic stirring seems to be the best, and I've yet to really get into that problem.
PS: bubbling air seems to make things more like a skimmer, even with really big bubbles... so i'm not a fan of that right now.
