Eheim Everyday Fish Feeder Food Dispenser

The timer function works well -- it rotates at the set time. However, the distribution of food (mainly flakes and bloodworms) needs fine-tuning. On the lowest setting -- the smallest opening you can manually set it to -- doesn't distribute enough food for my 8 fish, yet the second setting distributes too much. This does work better than the various dissolve or pick-away vacation food "inserts" -- my fish didn't either eat, it clouded the water, or just didn't dissolve. I'm inclined to set this at the lowest setting and hope for the best, but I just don't feel confident enough in the Eheim "Everyday Fish Feeder" to depend on it alone. I'll still schedule a human to visit every few days to check The timer function works well -- it rotates at the set time. However, the distribution of food (mainly flakes and bloodworms) needs fine-tuning. On the lowest setting -- the smallest opening you can manually set it to -- doesn't distribute enough food for my 8 fish, yet the second setting distributes too much. This does work better than the various dissolve or pick-away vacation food "inserts" -- my fish didn't either eat, it clouded the water, or just didn't dissolve. I'm inclined to set this at the lowest setting and hope for the best, but I just don't feel confident enough in the Eheim "Everyday Fish Feeder" to depend on it alone. I'll still schedule a human to visit every few days to check on my fish family... … more

This works great, but unfortunately it also causes fish food to loose its scent and make it so my fish have a hard time finding where the food is. I use it for my Dwarf Frogs too, but since they don’t have good eyesight along with many other types of aquatic animals, they have to use smell to find their food in the tank. The feeder has a fan to keep all the food dry which makes sense, but totally airs out the scented food /: Wish it would have worked better for me, bummed it just didn’t work out the way I wanted it too. Would recommend though if your fish rely on sight instead of smell! Works great for that!!

This feeder works really good. Still testing it out but so far I feel I can trust it to feed correctly while we are on vacation. My last feeder gummed up right after we left and the fish were not fed for two weeks. Luckily everyone survived. This will not be the case with this new feeder because it operates differently to prevent this .

I used to use vacation feeders. They were a disaster - dirty water, frequent cleaning and dead fish. I have clean aquariums, lest maintenance and best of all - all healthy fish! Wish I had discovered these a long time ago...

I bought one of these ten years ago, and it finally died last month. I fully anticipate my new one to last as long. The programming can feel a little complicated, but it's well worth it. It's quiet, the food tumbling around in the container makes more noise than the gears/motor that turn it.

I've been using this feeder for many years; just bought this one because I dropped my other one into the tank -- whoopsie! It takes a bit of fiddling to get the intervals & size of the opening just right for your particular tank, but this is a great way to make sure you feed consistently, and the right amount. Hint: when you figure out how far the slot should be open for you, just mark the position with a Sharpie.

This product was purchased for a weeks vacation where my ryukin Blanca & Chun Li would be all alone. After fiddling with the feeder for a few minutes it was programmed and running. The fish were great when I got back, but I had to explain to the fam why we wouldn't keep using the feeder but go back to feeding by hand. It really is a great feeder at the right price.

I bought this for an aquarium at my work (a school) so that my tetras and dwarf african frogs get fed regularly. This was quite easy to program and it reliably feeds them at that time. I use the smallest "amount" setting for 2 feedings daily and that seems perfect for my small tank! You can put any type of fish food/pellets in it and it seems to work great. Easy to read directions too, which is always a plus!

It is very easy to program however, it is supposed to balance but tipped over during the first feeding cycle. I attempted to use the clamp it came with but that didn’t do anything. It might be good for someone with a different tank than me but it definitely isn’t a universal product

I have not used this automatic feeder yet but I have set it up and it works perfectly. I love how I can adjust the amount of food that it releases.