Juwel Easy Feed automatic fish feeder review - how to use it and how long it lasts

In this video I show how to use the battery operated Juwel Easy Feed automatic fish feeder. It is a small automatic feeder which I bought from Pet City in Brisbane for about $65 (it came with the batteries in the pack).
You can set it to either 1 feed per 24hrs, or 2 feeds per 24hrs. You can adjust how much food it releases with each feed to an extent.
For my tank of ~25 medium-large sized African Cichlids (+3 Bristlenose catfish), the food lasted just over 4-days when releasing the largest amount it can twice per day which was more than enough for my fish. It can last about 9 feeds altogether on that setting.
Overall I am really happy with it's performance for the cost, even though it is quite small it is still useable for larger tanks. If I was to go away for 2-weeks, I would buy another one and set them on 1 feed per day on the lowest setting and I think that this would work just fine, as I wouldn't want to overfeed them anyway. I probably wouldn't leave them longer than that though. I will post another video if I ever do that!
I hope you found this video helpful, and please let me know in the comments if you have any questions :)
If you're interested, here the link to a video on my netted lids from NVS Aquariums:
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[@tomde1250]

Just the review I needed! Some other reviews of this product confused me about the 2 feed settings, but good to see it in action here. I normally get my parents to feed if I'm out of town, but we are going on a family trip later this year so I'll get this feeder to cover us whilst we're away

[@Kaityscichlids]

Thank you! I'm so glad you found it helpful. I found it confusing as well which is why I thought I would make this video

[@hoboelephant37]

The good thing about this feeder is that some one can come and refill the feeder for you if your going away for a longer period of time. That way they don't have to know how much to feed your fish just how to refill the feeder. I have one of these for my Jewel Rio 400 Cichlid tank and it works just as shown in this video. Great channel Kaity I'm about 8 months into my first try at these fish and I am having very good success thanks to KZbin channels like yours.

[@Kaityscichlids]

That's so great to hear!! Also that is a super clever idea, I didn't even think of having someone come over to fill it up

[@queenjoy6502]

Thanks for sharing , I just bought one, and now I can feel comfortable going on holiday.🙏😊

[@wotrulke5868]

Thanks for sharing this video, I ordered the Juwel auto feeder from Amazon for £29.00 Uk pounds as I have a Juwel aquarium and it fits perfectly, Your video will be very helpful very clear and informative 👍🏼, UK 🇬🇧 fish keeper

[@Kaityscichlids]

That's great to hear! Thank you so much 😊

[@phancyisfancy8510]

thank you! i bought a second hand tank and it came with one of these feeders, and the manual website is offline!

[@Kaityscichlids]

No worries 😄 I'm glad you found it helpful

[@magiciandaniyal]

I bought it recently and its best

[@pilotkoray]

I bought yesterday 25 euro same one from Netherlands , thank you

[@Kaityscichlids]

That's awesome, I hope it works well for you!

[@ceciliaandersson9177]

Thank you for sharing this! I have just watched the video and gonna use it for my big aquarium! 😊👍

[@Kaityscichlids]

That's great to hear!! Thank you Cecilia 😄

[@kristubiera956]

Thanks Kaity thats the exact tutorial I was looking for. Just wanna say $65 though holy hell but atleast it's a dependable feeder.

[@Kaityscichlids]

I'm glad you found it helpful 😊 Yes, it was pretty much the only thing available!

[@AB-kv6qx]

Thank you, well explained, Beautiful Aquarium you have there.

[@Kaityscichlids]

Thank you 😊🙏

[@matijakralj6175]

Btw. If you have red blinking indicator on the Juwel feeder, gently spin the drum manually some degrees towards you or so that the text “Juwel aquarium” is pointing towards you. Then you can try by pressing the ‘M’ button to manually spin the drum. And for example test the amount of food it will dispense.

[@ryansamson9472]

Can’t do that if on vacation

[@rippa6029]

Such a beautiful tank love the review

[@Kaityscichlids]

Thank you heaps! I'm glad you found it helpful :)

[@gotstreetglide]

You have a beautiful fish tank and fish!

[@Kaityscichlids]

Thank you 😊

[@sebastiank2335]

Dziękuję za materiał. Super filmik i wspaniałe akwarium.

[@Kaityscichlids]

Thank you so much!

[@AmeXcy]

Great video ;) Do you only feed them pellets ? Not any flakes/spirulina? Also what food would you recommend for Mbuna and peacocks ?

[@Kaityscichlids]

Thank you 😄 Yes, I just pellets - I feed them a mix of New Life Spectrum Thera A and Algae Max, and some Absolute Colour pellets. Especially with Mbuna you don't want to feed them too much of a protein heavy diet like brine shrimp or black worms because they can't digest it well, and need lots of fibre in their diet. So I find pellet foods with algae in them tend to work well for this. I have a video on how they coloured up with the Absolute Colour food too which I'll link 😊 kzbin.info/www/bejne/m4eye6qXrt92lck

[@bennyk3799]

Very helpful, thank you.

[@TP-pi2ge]

I bought one of those two years ago and unfortunately it was not a good experience. The humidity made the food wet and locked the opening. And the feeding didn't work properly as well.

[@Kaityscichlids]

That sucks!! My one was smooth sailing, granted I have only used it a couple of times and only with pellet foods

[@no_proxxiv4163]

Very useful but how do you know what time it will dispense food? Like lets say I want to program my return pump to switch off how do I know the time?

[@indowegianstory8015]

When you turn it on and set is the time. It does it first feed then.

[@vishalnaik3423]

If used daily, any issues about moisture/ humidity making food wet?

[@Kaityscichlids]

I haven't had any issues using pellet foods, but I think that could be a problem with flake foods

[@stephenwindsor243]

You can connect an air pump to this model, which is supposed to keep the air flowing through the food chamber, keeping the food dry.

[@jonasrouthbregendahl9339]

Great review 👍🏼 Is it possible to use granulate and flakes in the same feeder?

[@Kaityscichlids]

Thank you! From what I've heard I think that flakes can get sticky due to condensation, so it's probably not a good idea to use them

[@andrewclarkson1942]

Thanks this was useful.

[@cosmicshy637]

Thank you for this! Do you happen to know any battery operated aquarium heaters that will kick on & take over in case of a power outage?

[@Kaityscichlids]

That's a good question, there's not any that I'm aware of. I know some people buy back up generators for running their whole fish tank in the event of an outage, but I don't have anything like that

[@tontiv]

Hi Kaity! I'm thinking of getting this feeder. It's yours still working well? 🙂

[@Kaityscichlids]

Yes it still works well! I only use it when I go away and keep it stored without the batteries inside, but it's been great 😊

[@tontiv]

@@Kaityscichlids thanks, Katie! Last one! How long do they batteries last?

[@SvenTviking]

Forgot how to use mine. Cheers!

[@Kaityscichlids]

I'm glad it helped!

[@angryres6632]

Feeds 2 x 6 hour cycles but then skips 12 hours. Is there a setting for 12 hour cycles?

[@Kaityscichlids]

I don't believe so unfortunately!

[@angryres6632]

@@Kaityscichlids, I understand now that you should not feed fish in the dark. That is probably why they made it 6 hour cycles.

[@Kaityscichlids]

@@angryres6632 ohhhh of course!! I didn't even think of that 😅 That makes complete sense

[@matijakralj6175]

Great! Thanks!

[@Kaityscichlids]

Thank you 😊

[@eurospage1]

Great review! I’m heading away for three weeks at the end of the year and a little nervous about my fish and feeding etc.

[@Kaityscichlids]

I only went away for 4 days so it was a good trial! I had a Eufy camera setup though so I could check on them 🤣 How many tanks will you have to feed when you go away?

[@rajalovesinging]

Great tank love from india

[@Kaityscichlids]

Thank you!! ❤️

[@giovanniamore7532]

WHAT ???!!???!!! this thing is 20 !!!!! euros here in germaný

[@rambo410]

Wow that is expensive. I can get several brands here in the US starting at $12

[@Kaityscichlids]

You guys are lucky! This was the only one available at my LFS

[@MaZaKeRaL]

Would these work with a 14ltr betta tank?

[@Kaityscichlids]

My only concern would be that even on the lowest setting it would drop too much food in. Because if you've only got 1 Betta they don't eat an awful lot

[@MaZaKeRaL]

@@Kaityscichlids Yeah oh ok just wanting to find out. Were going away on holiday next month, so I'll probably find someone to look after my betta instead of buying one of these for it.

[@wallyklw5]

Your fish can go 4-7 days without food and without any issues

[@Kaityscichlids]

I find mine get aggressive towards each other if I don't feed them daily!

[@MATEES67]

In czech republic it cost 20dolars

[@Kaityscichlids]

That's so good!

[@SaxtonKirk-q9j]

Marvin Isle

[@WhatOfFox]

65$ for that ⁉️⁉️⁉️ Nahhh you have way more better than that for 30$

[@Kaityscichlids]

Hi VigO, would you mind sharing what they are?

[@WhatOfFox]

@@Kaityscichlids look on Amazon, there are plenty at 25$, here I send you the link of your distributor juwel in the video which costs 23$😁

[@WhatOfFox]

🤔🤔 this is the 2nd time that I post the Amazon link and it disappears, I don't understand

[@Kaityscichlids]

@@WhatOfFox that's weird, maybe KZbin doesn't allow external links in comments. Maybe you could comment the name of it instead for people to search in Google