Fish Mate P7000 Large, 6 lbs Capacity, Rain-Resistant Automatic Pond Fish Feeder

Works as advertised. Easy to assemble and program. Like most pond owners, we have raccoons to deal with. This feeder is used on a small pond. nAttached is a photo of the Fish Mate, suspended from an inexpensive trellis purchased at Lidl; similar one is available on Amazon. With minor modification, it can be assembled low and wide to span the small pond. Bungee cords are hooked onto the feeder and the unit is suspended by a couple carabiners. No need for a cage or other type of enclosure with this arrangement. One month now, and no problems with raccoons. The anti-heron netting is below the feeder and the food just falls through. Bottom line, the feeder is reliable and a good value.

It was tricky to program, but once we got it (and we still are not sure how we did, after multiple tries!) it is working magnificently! We purchased it for times we are away, so neighbors do not have to feed the fish in bad weather, etc. We have been trying it out prior to our upcoming vacation and are quite impressed! We actually stand there each day waiting for it to drop the food, lol!

I bought two of these feeders to feed my Chinese catfish in my aquaponics totes while I was on vacation. These held more than enough food for while I was gone and dispensed the food perfectly. I do wish the dispensing spout was longer, the tabs on the cover were more sturdy (you must push down hard on the cover before unlatching the tabs), and that programming was easier. The instructions for programming are clear, but I had to break out the instructions to adjust feeding times and amounts. Some reviewers questioned the feeder’s weather resistance. My two feeders survived two bouts of heavy rain and wind without breaking or allowing water into the hoppers. These feeders aren’t cheap, but they work and have the largest capacity I’ve seen.

Packaged well. Easy to assemble.Directions on setup were good just a little bit complicated initially on how to program.Hopper is big takes lots of koi pellets (which feed very good thru the feed tube).Just set this up and initial automatic feeding the next day worked day worked great. Time will tell...Regular 5 gallon bucket will fit over the feeder after cutting out a slot for the feed tube. I think maybe the patio pavers coupled with screwing down the unit on wood planks (only provided 2 screw slots in the front (2 add'l screw slots in the backside of the feeder would have been even nicer) "should" work fine.With the 5 gallon bucket to keep the rain off and the unit screwed down on wood with additional paver weights on the sides.... maybe we have a shot with this thing!As this is temporary, while away, not real concerned about the looks ;-). Just needs to do its job!Bought two of these.... one for a 1,200 gallon pond and another for a 400 gallon pond.... With bucket protecting from varmits...... Worked great for about 2 weeks.... went on vacation and within two days each were visited by raccons.... nozzle was torn off of both feeders causing most all of the food spilling into the ponds..... lost 3 15 year old koi due to food dumps...... NOT recommended now.... tossed out and purchased the Hygger Automatic Pond Fish Feeder.... will see how this one does this summer....BTW, I knew the nozzles did not connect firmly in either case so used silicon glue to hold.... did not work either....

Going on 5 years now.. Only changed batteries twice. Works awesome.I do however need another lid. The lids last about 2 years in the Las Vegas sun. If I was smart I'd rearrange my pond to the feeder was more in the shade under a tree...

It seems like a quality products but the smallest portion it could be programedfor was way to much for what I need per feeding. I have 18 goldfish and 3 koi all about 5” long. Our pond is 1000 gallons.

needs a locking device for top. Coons can get in

Works pretty good maybe a little too much food for my small pond and only four fish trying to figure out how to get it to do a really really small portion