Fish Mate F14 Automatic Aquarium Fish Feeder, 14 Meal Capacity

This is a great feeder. With separate compartments, it allows you to customise your feeds. I have a community tank and I like to feed the different species at different times to vary their meals. 14 compartments for 14 daily feeds or twice daily for 7 days etc. Four pegs to set meal times but I only use two. I work shifts so it's great to know that the fish get regular meals even when I'm working. Only complaint is that it turns very slowly, even when it comes to dispensing so the food is released slowly over the hour it is set to, as opposed to all at once. This means my greedy mollies manage to get most of it before the others. So I tend to make sure that each compartment contains some sinking and some floating foods to try and disperse them a little. And follow the advice if your using flakes because they will inevitably stick. I have my feeder a good distance from the tank and I leave the lid open to prevent humidity. I also mix the flakes with other bigger foods to help them drop. Super easy to clean as the whole tray comes out. Would definitely recommend.

I love this thing so much! It has made going on holiday so much easier. We have used this for long and short holidays and as long as we had a fresh battery we never had a single issue. It has reliably fed our fish and worked as we hoped. I give it 4 stars though, because you do need to have a hole in the hood of your tank to feed with this machine. I also found, that the best way to avoid condensation, effecting the food, was to set the machine on its own box, on the hood of our tank above the hole. In doing that we found the food was dry and had no issues. But if you forget to do this, or put it straight on the hood, the food will get damp and probably clump and not move. If it had something to hold it, it would be nice, but as the box has worked for us, I would still highly recommend this feeder.

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.

Utter rubbish. This timed feeder claims to work with fish flakes, it doesn't. I've just returned home after a weekend trusting that the feeder would feed my fish, it didn't. The flakes became damp and none of the food left the feeder.

Positives: I wanted a fish feeder that is simple in operation (less to go wrong) and that will just work. I'm amazed how good this is, especially for the price. It uses a single AA battery, I'm using a 1.2V rechargeable and it works great. At the centre is a basic clock mechanism that turns a rotating tray one notch/feed, at the time(s) you set. These are the only moving parts. It comes with 4 pegs to set up to 4 feeds per day, the tray holds up to 16 feeds. Its very easy to clean, lift the tray out and there is a very flat surface thats easy to wipe. It mounts using 2 screw on clamps that are very sturdy and will fit a pretty wide tank edge. My tank has a plastic edge cover, it fits over it easily. The main body slots onto the clamps and is easily removed and refitted. Its a good design, nothing to go wrong. I set 2 feed times, one of crunched up flake for the swimming fish during the day when the light is on. Another feed at night with heavier granular food for the bottom feeders so the swimming fish dont eat their food. I have plenty of fat female guppies so this is handy. Using 2 feeds per day, I can go away for 8 days :) For more feeds, you can fit 2 of these to a tank, they are so cheap! Feeding is a slow rotation so all the food doesnt drop at once. This is great as I have fast moving water at the surface, so the fish get chance to eat all the food before it can rotate round the tank into the water filter. Its been running a week now flawlessly. Negatives: Time can only be altered by the 1/2 hour. The tray doesnt quite rotate the whole of a food section, a very small bit is left which drops on the next feed before the new feed rotates into place. Not a big problem and may not happen on everyones feeder. Update 31/08/17 I didnt realise I have had this for 5 years because it still works as new! One battery lasts more than a year, I put a new rechargeable in as a precaution. Only one thing has gone wrong, I broke how it mounts on the plastic pegs. Instead I put a thin length of wood across one end of the tank, it rests on that and still works perfectly.

It has 14 compartments which you can "load" with different food types and can feed up to 3 times per day. Good in theory.... The carousel rotates one compartment over a 1 hour period but only when the peg attached to the 24hr timer actuates it. So you could feed one compartment per day for 14 days or 4 compartments per day for 3 days (with two spare) The hole the food drops through obviously needs to be over open water, so I need to keep my cover glass open which a) Invalidates my hood warranty due to moisture exposure b) allows my Reed Fish to escape! So a bit of adaption was necessary I bought a sheet of 5mm perspex cut to 550mm x 100mm I made a cut out in one edge to allow to food to pass through and then glued the autofeeder to the perspex sheet by the battery compartment lid. This allows the autofeeder to be removed easily as the battery compartment lid lifts on/off. When I need to use the feeder I open one of the cover glasses 100mm, slide the perspex in and close the glass so it butts up to the perspex, leaving no gaps. I loaded each compartment with a mixture of crumbled freeze dried Tubifex worm, tropical fish worm pellets, catfish pellets, cichlid pellets and algae wafers. I still think the cichlids will probably eat everything as the addition rate is incredibly slow. However, at least they might not resort to eating their tank mates... Was it worth the hassle? Well, it does work. For most small aquariums this would be a good purchase. it's not the most sturdy piece of kit on the market but it does allow a mixed feeding regime and if you're careful it will last. For an 8 foot tank filled with predators then no, not a long term option. It did keep mine going for 3 days.

The feeder works just great! I have seen a lot of people leaving negative reviews for this item as it apparently clogged after a couple of days. I am assuming this happened because they didnt connect the air pump to the feeder as is recommended, at least I havent seen a negative review saying "I connected the air pump but even then the feeder clogged". If you dont connect it and if you are using flakes it will clog, that's the reason why the instructions say you need to connect an air pump to the feeder. I didnt connect one to mine either but I was only using pellets so I didnt need to. I left my tank for 2 weeks and when I came back the feeder hadnt skipped a single feed. I use another feeder to dispense my flakes (Eheim). So this feeder does what it is supposed to, if you are going to be using anything but pellets then you will need to connect an air pump to prevent the feeder from clogging. If you connect the Air pump this feeder should not clog. You can set it to dispense food up to 3 times a day for a maximum of 14 feeds. I highly recommend it, the best thing about this feeder is that you can set the exact amount of food you want to dispense unlike drum feeders which is a bit of a lottery sometimes, specially if you are mixing foods (pellets, flakes, etc).

This actually works really well. The mechanism is simple but effective. Instructions good, times work well. The disk with the containers lifts up - be careful - then there is fish good everywhere... over time the damp builds up and not all the food falls into the aquarium. They describe a way around that by connecting air supply. We didn’t do that, just added a bit of extra food per unit to compensate. Worked well for a few meals whilst we were away. Wouldn’t use all the time.

Se fixe efficacement au bord de l'aquarium ou se pose tout simplement. 4 réglages d'heures possible à 3 heures d'intervalle par picot. 15 petits compartiments pour 14 doses de nourriture. Fonctionne vraiment bien. Je recommande ce distributeur de nourriture.

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!

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.

Produit de conception antédiluvienne mais diablement efficace. C'est exactement le produit que je recherchais car son carrousel compartimenté intélligemment me permet d'une part de distribuer jusqu'à 14 fois automatiquement sans action de ma part (1×/j pendant 14j ou 2×/j pendant 7j ou etc,...) et d'une autre part de répartir le repas quotidien en deux fois, ce qui est mieux qu'un one shot pour l'estomac et la digestion de mes poissons. En théorie on peut distribuer jusqu'à 8 fois par jour car il y a 8 emplacements pour y placer un pion rouge (3h et/ou 6h, 9h, 12h, 15h, 18h, 21h, minuit). En pratique on ne pourra distribuer que 4 fois maximum par jour car il n'y a que 4 pions rouges fournis avec l'appareil (d'après la notice il semblerait que l'on puisse en acheter... aucune référence n'est fournie après vérification). Le système fonctionne avec un quartz qui fait tac toutes les secondes. J'avais peur que cela fasse du bruit mais il n'en n'est rien, ceci est largement couvert par le bruit de la pompe (vibrations). Je ne constate aucune agglomération de nourriture, pourtant je n'ai qu'un espace de 2 mm entre le distributeur et le couvercle de l'aquarium. Pour être tranquille je n'utilise pas de flocons mais des "Granulés" et "WaveSticks" Goldfish de chez Tetra. J'ai joint des photos du produit in situ si cela peut aider à vous faire une idée car c'est ce qui me manquait pour me décider à l'achat (faute de quoi, je me suis lancé). Attention à manipuler l'appareil avec délicatesse car les plastiques sont très rigides et peuvent casser facilement si on force dessus. Très bon produit, certes un peu cher lorsque son prix ne bénéficie pas d'une promotion, vente flash ou autre baisse de prix. Édit 27/09/21 : à noter qu'il n'est pas possible de distribuer 1x tous les 2j ou 1x tous les 3j car le système doit délivrer à minima 1x par jour, à moins bien sûr de laisser une case vide entre rations pour 1x tous les 2 jours, 2 cases vides pour 1x tous les 3 jours, toutefois le produit perd alors de son intérêt qui est de se débarrasser de la corvée de nourriture.