Zoo Med BettaMatic Automatic Daily Betta Feeder

The pellets that come in the package are too big to fit through the hole. They need to be crushed or used with smaller pellets. The feeder functions ok otherwise.

It works fine and dispenses most pellet types. It's easy to attach. The difficult thing to figure out how to set when it feeds the fish. The mechanism works like a watch hand, so it moves very slowly instead of spinning once a day, which is what I'm used to, so it was just a matter of making sure the cone was pointed downwards at the time I wanted it to feed. My biggest issue with it is that it feeds too much for a betta. These guys don't need a ton of food, and in a small tank, overfeeding can be a big issue, and I was really hoping that getting a feeder specific to a betta would mean it fed the right amount. I will probably only use it while on vacation.

Overall I like it. It worked well so far, I use it with regular Betta fish food, that is a bit smaller pellets from this package. I like it and my fish too!

A lot of reviews complain about filling it but I had no problems. You just fill one side like a bowl and click the other half on top of it, not sure Why it’s hard for some not to spill in this process. Very simple, slowly does one rotation in 24 hours and drops out about 4 pellets. I use an off brand better pellet and it works fine.

Meet my Therapeutic Betta at Work, Tony Stark. This feeder works perfect but you have to use pellets it comes. See my pictures, it fits perfect with the small tank I have.

Not meant for tanks with lids but wanted to try it to see and now I know.

Not what I expected. A little difficult to open and when putting food in it, it's difficult to close. It's messy Got food all over the table before I could get it back together. Holds very little food. Have to put food in it once a week. Needs to hold more and not have to fill often. Not very user friendly.

This product was a waste of money. It feeds about 4 days worth of food with every turn. It may have even been previously returned based on the look of the packaging.

I don’t have to worry about it being fed. When I leave just make sure it’s full and that’s it.

Purchased this product as a solution for a week long vacation. Good thing we got it with enough time before we left to test it. The box comes with everything you need, even a sample water treatment. We have 2 bettas in separate bowls so we purchased 2 feeders. In both, the rubber gasket that secures the device to the feeder was in pieces. However, it didn’t affect us because we used the harness to slide over the bowl. The device is only intended to feed the fish once every 12 hours. We found the food that comes with the feeder has pellets that are too large for the hole in the feeder and would not dispense as intended. Luckily we had different food with smaller pellets that do work with the Purchased this product as a solution for a week long vacation. Good thing we got it with enough time before we left to test it. The box comes with everything you need, even a sample water treatment. We have 2 bettas in separate bowls so we purchased 2 feeders. In both, the rubber gasket that secures the device to the feeder was in pieces. However, it didn’t affect us because we used the harness to slide over the bowl. The device is only intended to feed the fish once every 12 hours. We found the food that comes with the feeder has pellets that are too large for the hole in the feeder and would not dispense as intended. Luckily we had different food with smaller pellets that do work with the device. It took a little finessing but all in all it works well. … more