Hey all, setting up my new Avast Marine Plank Feeder today - curious for those that are running this feeder, what are your timer settings or suggestions? I'm running it standalone, no aquarium controller.
I'll also be running both the pump and feeder plugs on one amazon wifi timer to start, but I have read it can be beneficial to stagger the pump setting slightly to allow the freeze dried plankton to soak before pumping in (future improvement perhaps). Otherwise I have seen a few posts so far, some running 3 minutes 3x per day with some 1 minute intervals in between, some just running longer a few times per day, some running more often shorter, etc. Open to all thoughts!
As this depends on stocking also, we have a 55 gal mixed reef with livestock including:
Clown pair
Melanurus Wrasse
Royal Gramma
Pistol Shrimp
Yellow Watchman Goby
3 Pajama Cardinals
Misc snails and crabs (15-20 total combined)
Thanks!
I'll also be running both the pump and feeder plugs on one amazon wifi timer to start, but I have read it can be beneficial to stagger the pump setting slightly to allow the freeze dried plankton to soak before pumping in (future improvement perhaps). Otherwise I have seen a few posts so far, some running 3 minutes 3x per day with some 1 minute intervals in between, some just running longer a few times per day, some running more often shorter, etc. Open to all thoughts!
As this depends on stocking also, we have a 55 gal mixed reef with livestock including:
Clown pair
Melanurus Wrasse
Royal Gramma
Pistol Shrimp
Yellow Watchman Goby
3 Pajama Cardinals
Misc snails and crabs (15-20 total combined)
Thanks!