I use a DIY auto feeder for (thawed) frozen food. It dispenses small amounts of food about 6 times daily. This is a mixture of brine shrimp, Mysis, copepods, daphnia, small krill. I also have a Neptune auto feeder that dispenses pellets once daily.
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I use a DIY auto feeder for (thawed) frozen food. It dispenses small amounts of food about 6 times daily. This is a mixture of brine shrimp, Mysis, copepods, daphnia, small krill. I also have a Neptune auto feeder that dispenses pellets once daily.
I've posted pictures and info on another forum in the past. I don't know if I'm allowed to link to that?
The key elements are:
1. Fridge to keep food chilled
2. Peristaltic pump to dispense food. It has 3/8" ID tubing for larger food items. This is the hardest part of the doser to obtain.
3. Stirring mechanism to suspend the food before dosing.
4. Flow loop from tank to carry food away from fridge to pump intake in sump.
5. Timing mechanism to initiate feed cycle.
As promised, here's some pictures I just took of the auto feeder fridge.
Temp stays around 35 degrees. I haven't had any issues with the electronics yet.what temp is fridge set at, I noticed your doser is inside fridge, no problems with electronics?
Yep, mine is a dosing pump set up running through a mini fridge. I ran a line off my manifold into the side of the fridge and plumbed in 3 murloc t's and dose 3 kinds of reef nutrition refrigerated foods: mysis feast (3x per day), oyster feast (2x per day), and R.O.E. (1x per day).
The line discharges next to the return pump and them is distributed through the tank via the 4 locline return nozzles so the food is spread throughout the tank.
This is an older picture showing the premise of it. I'll post pictures of it later that show it completely finished