P7000 Pond Fish Feeder

I purchased this to feed my turtles while I am away for more than 3-4 days. I also have a small Eheim auto feeder for short durations away, but I needed something that could feed them for at least 2 weeks and this would likely last a couple months or more with the large hopper bin! Originally intended for winter use only as I house the turtles in the basement in winter and they go outdoors for summer, but this will be ideal outdoors as well. I am guessing as I haven't measured specifically but I'd say it holds about 2 gallon sized pails of food. That is the equivalent of 2 of the Reptomin 2 lb size of food pellets for turtles, which I also buy on Amazon. It was easy to install, assemble and set up, instructions no problem to follow were clear and simple. Setting meal times was easy to accomplish, with the ability to set 3 feedings per day. The trick is to get the meal SIZE correct. I initially only went through the procedure once but after a week realized it was feeding far more than required so I re-did it this time using a lower setting. I think the problem was that initially the auger isn't full so first result was skewed as the auger remains full after it starts so would of course release more food as a result. I recommend going through the meal size setup up to 5 times to get it accurate. Also has manual feed and an off setting, nice. I have had this for a few months and it works flawlessly. Only drawback is battery changes - instructions say must be changed within 60 seconds or all settings are lost. That might be a challenge to do in 60 seconds...haven't had to yet so we'll see! The feeder must be secured, in my case because it was in the basement and would be undisturbed by weather or wildlife outdoors I didn't think it was necessary until I realized any movement can cause food to fall out of the chute as the chute & auger remain full at all times. My turtles are quite active so bumping up against the sides of their tub or jumping off the basking dock caused enough movement to release food they didn't need. I zip-strapped it securely and tightly to a shelf across the top of the tub to prevent movement. Very happy with this purchase, very versatile and inexpensive compared to others I looked at.

Pond Fish l'ho testato per alcuni mesi e devo dire che sono soddisfatta e lo consiglio.L'unica pecca è che non ci sono le istruzioni in italiano per cui ho dovuto perdere tempo per la traduzione e la stampa,e poi mi sono aiutata con il video del produttore,che era in lingua madre senza la possibilità di traduzione,per cui mi sono aiutata ralle tando le immagini,per il resto tutto bene

Commandé pour nourrir mes koi japonais, cet appareil fonctionne très bien. Le mode d’emploi bien explicite m’a permis de programmer 3 repas/jour de 3 portions. La plage des portions par programmation est très étendue donc pas de soucis pour bien doser en fonction du nombre de poisson. Bref, vous avez pas mal de solutions pour nourrir vous poissons. Point positif aussi, le mode d’emploi est en plusieurs langues dont le Français et très explicite. Alimentation par piles (4 Duracel plus C de 1.5V) donc vous pouvez le disposer où vous voulez (durée entre 5 mois et 8 mois, dépend de la fréquence de nourriture). Personnellement je l’ai fixé sur une dalle 25x25 cm (en cas de grand vent ) Je vous recommande ce produit qui est bien fait. Prenez bien le temps de lire attentivement le mode d’emploi et cet appareil vous je rendra bien . Dom

The settings did not work when trying to set up

This product works great, once you figure out a couple of things first. It is pretty easy to put together, and it seems like a good design. You need to follow the directions to program it. First you set the clock, then you go through and set up to three feedings per day, with a specific amount of food for each feeding. You should go through the calibration part of the process to measure how much food is dispensed at a level 10, then adjust up or down for your specific number of fish and size of pond. We have three Koi and have adjusted down from our original estimates because we were finding a lot of uneaten food in the pond. The hardest part for us was positioning the feeder where it could dispense in the pond, and be safe from the raccoons and other animals that sneak into our backyard from the woods behind our fence. Thankfully several folks have shared their solutions on Amazon, and I say "thank you" for sharing your ideas. We liked the bucket idea to protect the feeder from sun, rain, and pests. We found that our cat litter buckets worked perfectly, and it has a handle to hang it by. We just happened to have a pole from an unused bug-zapper that has worked well for us so far. We like this setup so well we may use this full time instead of just when we go on vacation. I would like to find a way to have more flexibility in positioning it over the pond, but that may take a little more work. After using this a while we have discovered that ours isn't lasting quite a week on only 1 feeding per day on the lowest setting. Not sure why, but it may be the raccoons. I have seen them sticking their little paws up the spout I assume to pull out more fish food. We were gone a week and it was empty when we returned. Guess we will need to put it out of reach of the raccoons or find a mesh to put over the spout that will keep their paws out. We still like it, but needs more work.