Regular Member scriber Posted November 12, 2003 Regular Member Share Posted November 12, 2003 I can't get it to dispense a consistent amount of food. It varies too much. Unless someone here tells me i'm doing something wrong, i'm returning it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Luke Anderson Posted November 13, 2003 Share Posted November 13, 2003 Thanks for the warning, that is precisely why i do not use an auto feeder. I just have had too many visions in my head of grossly overfed dead fish when i come home after using one... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin koko Posted November 14, 2003 Admin Share Posted November 14, 2003 yeah this is one reason I never got one......Thanks for the warning too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member newfishie Posted November 24, 2003 Regular Member Share Posted November 24, 2003 Ye, i'm always worried that the power cord'll come out, or the machine will feed too little or too much..that's why I didn't buy one.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest G&B Posted January 11, 2004 Share Posted January 11, 2004 I have a Daily Double II from Penn-Plax. It uses a single AA battery, ,and works fine. The secret is to crumble the flake food up a bit before you put it in. You can also adjust the amount of food dispensed(by twisting the tube). It has worked fine for me, and only costs about $20. -Keith Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Tiny Posted January 15, 2004 Regular Member Share Posted January 15, 2004 I have the Daily Double 2 also and I haven't had a problem with it either. It's funny to see Tiny and his friends waiting for the food to drop when it's close to feeding time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest jimmyd2000 Posted January 19, 2004 Share Posted January 19, 2004 What do you need a automatic fish feeder for? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest G&B Posted January 19, 2004 Share Posted January 19, 2004 Automatic fishfeeder is for weekend trips or longer. I like to feed my fish myself when I'm around. -Keith Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member newfishie Posted January 20, 2004 Regular Member Share Posted January 20, 2004 When I go away, if it's a short time like over a weekend, I literally starve the fish. In fact, I thik it does them good. Takes some of that useless lard off their middles! Much better than those stupid weekend food block things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest jimmyd2000 Posted January 23, 2004 Share Posted January 23, 2004 They dont need to eat that often anyways, its just fun for us to feed them. Just put duckweed in the tank that will feed them for like a week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member jdude360 Posted January 23, 2004 Regular Member Share Posted January 23, 2004 When I go away, if it's a short time like over a weekend, I literally starve the fish. In fact, I thik it does them good. Takes some of that useless lard off their middles! Much better than those stupid weekend food block things. That is mean, why don't you starve yourself Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member may Posted January 24, 2004 Regular Member Share Posted January 24, 2004 I've read that it's safe to fast your fish for up to a week... can be even safer than an automatic feeder, because like the first post says, sometimes they just don't work! I know plenty of people who fast their fish one day a week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Luke Anderson Posted January 24, 2004 Share Posted January 24, 2004 Starving and fasting are different. Leaving your fish for a couple days without food is fasting, they are not harmed at all, and it may even be healthy occasionally. On the otherhand not feeding for a month isd starving them, as it can hurt them. Don't worry about them dieing from lack of food very quickly either, most goldfish can go at a bare minimum 5 weeks without food. As far as the Daily double 2 feeder is concerned i decided to buy it over chrsitmas time and try it. It was horrible the stupid peice of Cr@p ovefed tem so bad there was flakes everywhere in the tank, way yo much food. I would highly suggest NOT EVER using these things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member newfishie Posted January 25, 2004 Regular Member Share Posted January 25, 2004 It's not starving, it's fasting. I fast my fish every monday. In fact, I think a slightly hungry fish is a healthy fish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member FishFace Posted January 25, 2004 Regular Member Share Posted January 25, 2004 I was just wondering why it didn't work. Did it not regulate the amount of food well? Was it clogged or something? just wondering. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member scriber Posted February 19, 2004 Author Regular Member Share Posted February 19, 2004 I was just wondering why it didn't work. Did it not regulate the amount of food well? Was it clogged or something? just wondering. I used it with progold pellets and Hikari Oranda gold pellets. It wasn't clogged...just that everytime it turned in order to dispense food...a different amount came out. Sometimes it was a pinch other times it was 3 or 4 times that. I think the only one i would use would be the ones where u can seperate the amount of food for each feeding. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Lady_Eros Posted March 18, 2004 Share Posted March 18, 2004 Granted I work for vvvv and love my store... the proquatics auto feeder is a horrible horrible product. I've heard too many stories where the food got clogged and didn't dispense any food at all, or it just didn't work/stopped working, it's just an unreliable product. I would always try to get someone to come over and feed for you if possible, or just drop a big piece of zucchinni in with a weekend feeder even, and that should do well enough for at least a few days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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