Has anyone used this for a single beta fish? Going away for a week in vacay and need a reliable way to feed my beta. I use pellet beta food twice/day
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I used a glue gun to reduce the width of the opening with the feeder set on the smallest opening. You can use a nail or something round to adjust the hole size after sealing most of the opening with the glue gun. Then crush the betta pellets slightly so they don't get stuck in the hole. With a little bit of effort you can get the feeder to dispense just a few crumbs of pellet with each turn, which is all the betta will need for one week. My betta lived through many 2-3 week vacations with this feeder.
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I feed my goldfish twice a day using this. I went on a vacation for a week. no problems. just check how much food is being dispensed before you go away.
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Depends on how many fish you have. I use it when on vacation with a 36g bowfront and 30 fish. I've gone 12 days and had food left even though it tends to overfeed.
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I have four bettas and still never managed to use the whole tub. However I am happy to bin the leftovers as I think this is an excellent food for them. I alternate with two other premium brands and, of course, live or freeze dried food for a varied diet.
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if you break-up the flakes some it helps. You can also feed twice - 4 times a day but will probably run down battery pretty quick. I use both flakes and pellets combined in mine so they will at least get fed something since I am home only one per week to every other week.
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Hi again. I responded on your later question, but I'll comment here as well. If you go to the comments under "Stacey" review, (I think it is the one now rated most helpful critical review) in the later comments there are some good exchanges Stacey and myself had with another person, "Ann" looking for advice on starting over after losing a fish. My review is the presently rated most helpful positive so you will get both views. Stacey has some very good advice on safely cycling with the fish in the tank in those later comments I mentioned, and I gave my method for safely sterilizing the tank without going nuts. Good Luck. Hi again. I responded on your later question, but I'll comment here as well. If you go to the comments under "Stacey" review, (I think it is the one now rated most helpful critical review) in the later comments there are some good exchanges Stacey and myself had with another person, "Ann" looking for advice on starting over after losing a fish. My review is the presently rated most helpful positive so you will get both views. Stacey has some very good advice on safely cycling with the fish in the tank in those later comments I mentioned, and I gave my method for safely... » Read More Hi again. I responded on your later question, but I'll comment here as well. If you go to the comments under "Stacey" review, (I think it is the one now rated most helpful critical review) in the later comments there are some good exchanges Stacey and myself had with another person, "Ann" looking for advice on starting over after losing a fish. My review is the presently rated most helpful positive so you will get both views. Stacey has some very good advice on safely cycling with the fish in the tank in those later comments I mentioned, and I gave my method for safely sterilizing the tank without going nuts. Good Luck. « Show Less
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Its been awhile since I had the feeder but I do know the sticks would have worked ok but I think it was designed for larger pellets. It should be noted the feeder NEEDED a funnel/hopper so that the food could be controlled a bit better as it was the food just falls out. There was holes cut in the bottom that I think would be where the funnel mounted but nothing was included. This is for a large pond as it will shot the food a good distance main reason I returned it I have a small pond.
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Throw in a cheap hotdog. Recently, I had an expired ham steak. I cut it into 5 pieces and used it. It works great. I've been catching a lot of bluegill "minnows".
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NO! It is a great tank, but it is very small. It is good for 1 to 3 small fish. I have 1 beta in mine. I also have a turtle. He is currently in a 29 gallon tank which is really too small for him. Turtles need space.
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That's a small load. I have mine on the Eheim auto-feeder and feed a decent load two double feeds per day. For your load, I would say one time per day would be fine on the smallest setting (about a small pinch of food).
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We have 1 beta fish.we clean the tank once every week and a half to 2 weeks.
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I would say possible as well depending on feed size and amount of fish. I feed my fish twice a day when I am home and only once a day on vacation. I would rather underfeed than over feed. The ability to adjust amount of feed dispensed is pretty handy as well.
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I have only used it when my water is 50 degrees or warmer, because my fish stop eating when the air temperature allows the water temp to drop...Check to see what experts might say about feeding your fish in cold water...In mild or hot temps, the feeder has work extremely well...I would recommend it...I feed about 25 fish twice daily while I'm gone...Scott R. Dorr
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The fish feeder works excellent with small and medium pellets. I have a large acqurium and even sometimes use large pellets and I have never had a problem. I happily recommend the fish feeder.
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It depends on how much you need to feed your fish. Also chop up the flakes so it does clog up. I love this feeder. It Is well worth the money. I would purchase again for sure.
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For a 29 gallon tank I bought 2 of these and have one feed in the morning and one in the evening. That way if something happens to one of them the fish will at least get fed once per day. I take a 2-3 week trip every year and never had a problem with this feeder. Most fish can survive a week or two without food, the bigger threat to them is over feeding. Better to feed smaller amounts twice per day. I also put a corner filter in the tank in addition to the external filter when I'm away for more than a week. It adds aeration should something happen to clog the main filter.
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You should be fine with this feeder. There is a little sliding "door" that adjusts for the size of the food and the amount you want to fall out per feeding. The big button in the back will allow you to test the food quantity that is dropped before you have to wait for any timer setting you have set. I've used this with very tiny turtle pellets and with the turtle sticks. It does well with different types of food. The only thing I didn't like it with was fish flakes.They tend to stick because of the moisture. But pellets and sticks work just fine in my experience.
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It's a twin feeder so you can put 2 difference food in each. when I go on vacation it will last about a month. It depend on the setting you set how long it will last