I know others have attempted this, and I may just be bad at searching if one has been successful, but I would like to get one built.
For starters, I work (often a lot) and prefer my fish to be fat and happy (and also feed my corals). Secondly, I have a large display (560g) and several large fish. My goal this fall is to add in my school/shoal of chromis/anthias as well as some other smaller/medium sized fish. I recognize that feeding them 3-5 times a day increases success rate of these fish and leads to long-term health. I already have a pellet feeder that I automate.
Goal would be to make a feeder that uses the frozen cube style food (possibly a DIY food mix) that feeds at least 4 times a day.
Im thinking of using a hopper style system, that has a single bucket in a belt driven system, the food drops into the single bucket in the belt and then is pulled to the return pump - drops into a pipe above the return and sucked into the display (my sump is in the basement).
I will work on sourcing some Off the shelf products for this - but any guidance is welcomed!
For starters, I work (often a lot) and prefer my fish to be fat and happy (and also feed my corals). Secondly, I have a large display (560g) and several large fish. My goal this fall is to add in my school/shoal of chromis/anthias as well as some other smaller/medium sized fish. I recognize that feeding them 3-5 times a day increases success rate of these fish and leads to long-term health. I already have a pellet feeder that I automate.
Goal would be to make a feeder that uses the frozen cube style food (possibly a DIY food mix) that feeds at least 4 times a day.
Im thinking of using a hopper style system, that has a single bucket in a belt driven system, the food drops into the single bucket in the belt and then is pulled to the return pump - drops into a pipe above the return and sucked into the display (my sump is in the basement).
I will work on sourcing some Off the shelf products for this - but any guidance is welcomed!