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Posted by Roger Sleet on May 15, 2006, 6:11 am
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edward@genghis0.demon.co.uk (Edward Cowling London UK) wrote:
> *Date:* Sun, 14 May 2006 20:17:28 +0100
>
> >Hi, I want to buy a fish feeder for feeding my fish when I go away this
> >summer for one month. I need it to be able to feed flake and hikari
> sinking
> >carnivore pellets, once a day. I also need it to be reliable, as it
> probably
> >won't be checked more than twice in that time, but I also don't want
> to have
> >to buy an air pump for it. So opinions on which one will be the best
> choice
> >would be appreciated.
> >
>
> I use a Neighbour Super XL model. Runs on a bottle of duty free you
> bring back, the interface is in English, running costs are low, and
> they are really reliable. They do have a tendency to over feed, but
> this can be corrected with patient adjustment over time.
>
> Availability ? Funny enough most people have several of these devices
> very close to their houses :-)
Definitely - needs 2-3 bottles though if you have the number of tanks I
do. I have also found that living by the coast and offering a less well
off relative with young children a free holiday while you are not there
works well.
The tendency to overfeed can be overcome by wrapping each day's feed
individually in foil.
They can also be left with a phone number of another fish keeper. I have
found this extremely useful when one of a group of Red Devils decided he
was now mature enough to establish a territory and reduced the entire tank
to carnage.
Roger Sleet
Roger's Aquatic Pages http://www.sleet.plus.com
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>summer for one month. I need it to be able to feed flake and hikari sinking
>carnivore pellets, once a day. I also need it to be reliable, as it probably
>won't be checked more than twice in that time, but I also don't want to have
>to buy an air pump for it. So opinions on which one will be the best choice
>would be appreciated.
>