The best way to feed your reef aquarium fish when you're not home? Eheim Automatic Fish Feeder Setup

[@BRStv]

Simple, reliable and easy fish feeding without messing up your schedule: Eheim Auto Fish Feeder! ➡ The Auto Fish Feeder Gear : brs.li/BRS_Eheim_AutoFeeder ➡ Some of our favorite foods for auto feeding : brs.li/BRS_ReefNutrition_TDO

[@Macca_75]

Love these things. You can also do a little easy DIY to install a USB cable to trigger the feeder - this allows you to trigger a feed from Apex/GHL (so you can feed with the click of an app from anywhere around the world). The USB cable plugs into the powerbar with a standard adaptor. Trigger the powerbar switch for a 2 or 3 seconds. This triggers the feed, then the drum continues on battery to make sure it stops where it should.

[@eroggero]

Works well, for me the smallest door opening was still too much for only my two clowns, I put some tape across half the door to regulate it even more. Also hooked up my pumps to a smart plug controlled by Google home. Pumps turn off at 5:00 feeder is programmed at 5:01 then pumps back on at 5:03 worked like a champ. Cheap home automation for vacation or extended work hours.

[@appleglory]

what do you mean?

[@curtisjoe24]

Works great. Just make sure to test the opening several times before leaving it. I accidentally left mine open a little too much and came home 3 days later to a very cloudy tank. I thought I lost an anemone to a powerhead it was so bad. Lesson learned!

[@ThomasBReef]

Best use of that EHEIM button at the top!

[@cay252]

Miss ur freshwater vids. Up to 5 tanks now lol addictive

[@NiloOtaviano]

I find that the the feeding door locks on to either literraly 2 pellets or an entire week's worth of food, so I tape it in between the little groves to fine tune it.

[@hawksight200]

that's what I had to do. I gave up on this feeder. it needs a redesign

[@johnVidBozo]

@@hawksight200 I find the feeder very reliable but the door opening is not up to the quality of the rest of the unit. They really need to redesign the food door!. As others have said, tape is your friend.

[@torontoraptors2107]

Its Thomas! Auto like!

[@youronlycow]

yea but feeding like this, the pellet doesnt break the surface of the water. a fair amount of pellets enter the overflow. Not to mention my shrimps and bottom friends won't get to eat. How should I go about this?

[@BRStv]

I suggest a feeding ring. This keeps any floating pellets at the water surface where the fish can find and eat the pellets before they go into the overflow. There are also some pellets that tend to sink more than others. I like the TDO Chroma Boost Small for most reef tanks using auto feeders. www.bulkreefsupply.com/tdo-chroma-boost-small-granule-fish-food-reef-nutrition.html

[@iampoojakiran]

Hey! Thanks for the vid! How long is the longest youve left home with this on? Ill need to travel for about 5-6 weeks and a sitter isnt an option, but im concerned about my dry pellets becoming spoilt as i live in a humid city+ the tank moisture. A friend should drop in once for a quick water change but that's about it so I'm trying to find a reliable product

[@BRStv]

That's a great question. If the feeder is in a canopy, humidity can become an issue. Personally speaking, I don't have a canopy and only have to refill the feeder once every month or two, depending on how many rotations per day the feeder is set to go off. This feeder is a great option for when you have to go out of town for a few weeks at a time.

[@doubledark2]

@@BRStv doesn't one of the Eheim feeders have a fan to blow away moist air so it doesn't spoil the food?

[@cfl6836]

Ok folks - how does this thing mount on a regular 75 gallon that has glass covers and lights? Only on back? This does not seem well thought out. Is there even enough clearance with wall?

[@BRStv]

It depends on the tank manufacturer, but usually 75 gallon tank rims are just thin enough to use this feeder as long as you unscrew the thumb screw as far as it will go. Even so, it's a tight fit in most cases.

[@Arthur01694]

Can you program it to feed 1 time every 2-3 days?

[@BRStv]

Minimum feeding amount is one rotation per day.

[@isaaccordero8738]

ok no am pm so if i set to 930 will it feed 930 in morning an at night????

[@BRStv]

This feeder operates on a 24 hour clock, so if you want it to feed at 9:30 am and 9:30 pm, you'd have to set two separate feeding times. One for 9:30 and the other for 21:30.

[@gradedcards7599]

Watch the Eheim sell out on the website 👀

[@mountainoffire3131]

They probably made this video because they got em dirt cheap and they know people will buy it cause they say its the "best"

[@hawksight200]

these are not great. so many issue that if they redesigned could make a great feeder. the battery cover falls of so easily. not to mention how bad the food opening is.

[@lajguihbcvyus]

wgwg

[@mountainoffire3131]

OMG if I had a penny for everytime you claimed something is the "best" id have at least $10.00

[@ThomasBReef]

Lots of things are the best at what they do for different reasons! Best at the price point, best at the job, best features, best warranty, best long term, and so on. :)

[@mountainoffire3131]

@@ThomasBReef well then why don't you add that in the title and video?

[@BenDover-ch4pm]

This fish feeder is a rebranded aliexpress fish feeder, look it up if you don't believe me. A lot of products from big companies like Eheim do it these days, very sad to see.

[@ThomasBReef]

Or is it the other way around? 🤔

[@BenDover-ch4pm]

@@ThomasBReef Interesting point, something hard to disclose for sure. I do have a degree in product design and know a little something about Chinese product engineering, but it's still a guess. I still think there's a serious problem going on in the aquarium product industry. Even if it's the other way around it are still chinese products being sold for sometimes up to 10 times as much. It's basically a nuanced way of dropshipping and I could give an endless list of specific companies and products within the aquarium industry that do it.

[@ThomasBReef]

@@BenDover-ch4pm My reason for thinking its the other way around, is the fact that the Eheim feeder has been around for decades already. The timeliness just makes more sense that way. But I do hear you on that front; lots of rebranding happens.

[@george5120]

Just show us how the damn thing works. We don't need a five-minute lecture on feeding fish, while listening to five minutes of background music and looking at you talk instead of looking at the feeder.

[@KalaEsso]

All of their videos are not only product specific but educational. Pro tip: If you want to stare at the feeder, just go buy one, film it spinning, loop it, and then you can just play it repeat forever and watch it all day.