I made it through a 2 week vacation with this AutoFeeder. At first I was thinking it was kinda toyish-looking. Something you'd buy on a Infomercial at 2am, lol.
But this feeder thrives and does an absolutely great job bc its so simple to use.
It give it 5-Stars.... and I still use it everyday after I'm back from vacation.
Dialing in the feeding schedule can be tricky in that if you are a person who doesn't slow down and read the instructions step-by-step bc you're a "oh I got this" person.....you might miss a programming step.
Before putting this unit into play on my tank, I held it in my hand and programmed it to feed at a specific time. I watched it spill out DRY PELLETS into a cereal bowl and adjusted it until I found what I wanted.....and then mounted it in the tank.
Before vacation I put it in play 2 weeks ahead of time so I could monitor it was doing what I wanted... AND.... the fish were eating what I was offering (Spectrum Pellets)
I also had the move the unit a few times to find the right spot for it to spill pellets out so they hit the waterline properly.
I choose pellets bc they were the easiest form of food to spill out. I can NOT comment on flakes. The device definitely doesn't do frozen.
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