Eheim Everyday Fish Feeder Food Dispenser

This is a great, very reliable automatic feeder. This is the third one I have bought. I dropped the first one in the tank, so it was toast. The second one has been in operation for 6 or 7 years. I bought this one as a back-up so I will have one feed in the morning, and the other at night in case one stops working, which I kind of anticipate given the age of the older one. Programming is not intuitive, so I need to read the instructions each time. It is possible to set multiple daily feedings, and vary the amount of each separate schedule. I would prefer a plug-in model, but they have the major flaw that they reset to 12:00 whenever there is a power failure, requiring reprogramming. This This is a great, very reliable automatic feeder. This is the third one I have bought. I dropped the first one in the tank, so it was toast. The second one has been in operation for 6 or 7 years. I bought this one as a back-up so I will have one feed in the morning, and the other at night in case one stops working, which I kind of anticipate given the age of the older one. Programming is not intuitive, so I need to read the instructions each time. It is possible to set multiple daily feedings, and vary the amount of each separate schedule. I would prefer a plug-in model, but they have the major flaw that they reset to 12:00 whenever there is a power failure, requiring reprogramming. This unit avoids that issue, but you need to remember to change the batteries every once in a while (annually). … more

Great feeder. Have yet to place on aquarium but worked well in test trial right out of the box. Easy to use. There is a screw that anchors the feeder to the aquarium wall mount that was very difficult to screw into the plastic back of the feeder. It is not pre-drilled and so you run the risk of breaking the back of the device if you aren't careful when screwing it in. I was able to screw it in enough with an electric drill (after attempting with a hand screw driver) before the threads of the screw wore down too much for me to tighten any more. It's important to screw it in tight otherwise the device tilts forward from it's own weight. This is my only complaint so far.

The feeder works great. The easy step by step directions were helpful. I recommend this product for long term use. We are planning on leaving town for the holidays and needed to ensure the fish are fed. I purchased this item to try it out prior to our trip and it works well!

This product works great. Very reliable feeder. Dispenses perfect amount of food. I highly recommend to anyone having an issue with this feeder to go on YouTube for the setup instructions. The directions that come with the feeder aren’t very clear and it would be easy to miss an important step that prevents it from operating.

I was going out of town for more than a week and I did not have anyone to come by and feed my fish . I looked online and did my research and this one had the best rating . So , I got it and it works wonderful . Just make sure you only pull the feeder thing back for just enough food. First time I tired it before going away I had it open to much and it made water really dirty because fish could not eat that much . So , I played with it a few times , testing opening until I found the best opening for my fish and I was gone for over a week and when I came back , water was still clean and clear and everyone was happy . If you are needing a feeder I would tell you to get this one.

Never thought there would be something like this electronic feeder but here it is! Works as stated, only thing that would make it better would be some sort of clamp to attach it instead of the little screw thing. Recommend it though!

I was a little skeptical of this purchase, but am surprisingly pleased. We went away from a Friday to Monday and returned to happy, fed fish. I had to set it to two turns since I have 7 fish in my tank and the opening, even all the way open didn't dispense enough for one turn. I have flakes however, pellets would work better if that's what you use. I like that you can set it with more turns depending on how much food you want to dispense. For the price this is a great value and eases the stress of depending on neighbors to feed your fish.

I bought this feeder to use regularly on one of my tanks that is less accessible to me, as I am disabled. I thought it would also come in handy on a vacation. I set it up yesterday to test it out, on a tank that I can get to easily. Even with the opening opens to the very first notch, meaning the least amount of food you can possibly dispense at one time, it dumped out about six times as much as I would normally feed at once! Which is completely insane!

Well... it works. My fish are still alive after being gone for over a week. Yay.

It took about 10 minutes to set up. The hardest part was getting the opening set to deliver the right amount of feed. I found the right setting after about 3 or 4 tests over a box to catch the pellets. The pellets I’m using are medium cichlid pellets and they feed fine. The feeder should work fine with just about any dry food. There are 4 feeding time slots, which is nice for spacing out feedings throughout the day. A nice surprise was that each feeding time slot can be set for multiple rotations. That means it will spin once, wait a minute and then spin again to feed the less aggressive eaters.