Programmable Automatic Fish Feeder
Feeds them while you're away, on the dot.
One to four feeds a day at the same time, whether or not anyone remembers. The consistency is worth as much as the holiday cover, since a fixed routine suits fish better than a variable one.
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- Holds 500 ml, enough for weeks of feeds
- One to four feeds a day on a 24-hour cycle
- Roughly two months per charge over USB
- Clamps to the rim, so it takes no floor space
- Sealed drum keeps the food dry above the water
Why you'll love it
Made for happy, healthy pets
Overfeeding kills more fish than hunger
The commonest way a tank crashes is a well-meaning neighbour tipping in a fortnight of food at once. A measured portion on a timer removes the judgement call entirely.
Damp food is the reason feeders jam
The drum sits sealed above the waterline, so the humidity that clumps pellets in an open hopper cannot get at it. A jammed feeder is worse than none, because you leave believing it works.
Two months means you set it and forget it
Feeders that run a fortnight per charge get forgotten and die mid-holiday. This one outlasts any trip you are likely to take, and charges from the same cable as your phone.
Good fit if
- Holidays and weekends away
- Consistent daily feeding in a busy household
- Shift work, where feeding times would otherwise vary
- Tanks needing several small feeds rather than one large one
Look elsewhere if
- You keep fry, which need feeding more often than four times
- You have not left time to test it before you travel
- Your tank lid has no clear space for a clamp
Consistency, not just cover
The obvious use is a holiday, but the better argument is everyday regularity. Fish anticipate feeding and their digestion works to a rhythm, and a household where someone feeds at seven one day and eleven the next is a household where portions also vary, usually upwards because nobody is sure whether the fish have been fed.
Double feeding is a genuinely common problem in a shared house, and it goes straight into the water as ammonia. A feeder removes the ambiguity: it has fed or it has not, and the drum shows you how much has gone.
Setting the portion
The working rule is what the fish clear in about two minutes. Set the outlet so that a single cycle delivers that and no more, and watch a full feed before trusting it. It is always less food than it looks like it should be, and the commonest mistake is setting a generous dose because the amount seems too small.
Two smaller feeds are usually better than one large one for small fish with fast metabolisms, and it also means a single misfire matters less. If the tank is heavily planted or has bottom feeders, remember they get very little of a surface feed and may need separate feeding after lights out.
Damp is the enemy
Everything that goes wrong with a drum feeder comes back to moisture. Warm humid air rises from the tank, condenses inside the hopper, and flake swells into a plug that blocks the outlet. From the outside a jammed feeder looks exactly like a working one, which is why testing matters.
Mount it clear of the water surface, keep the tank lid closed so less humid air reaches it, and use the desiccant compartment if there is one. Pellets cope with damp considerably better than flake, so if you are going away for a fortnight it is worth switching the tank to pellet in advance.
In the box
Everything you need
- Auto feeder
- Rim clamp bracket
- USB charging cable
How it works
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The details
Specifications
- Capacity
- 500 ml
- Size
- 9 × 9 × 18 cm
- Feeds
- 1–4 per day, 24-hour cycle
- Battery
- About 2 months per charge
- Material
- ABS
- Weight
- About 550 g
Charging and cleaning
About two months per charge means charging it before every trip regardless of what the indicator says, since a feeder that dies on day three of a fortnight is worse than no feeder at all. Charge it fully rather than topping it up.
Empty and dry the hopper between trips rather than leaving food in it for months. Old flake goes stale and loses vitamins, and stale food packed against the outlet is exactly what forms a plug. Wipe the drum out and let it air before refilling.
Good questions
Before you buy
Yes, and with pellets, powders and strips. Flake is the one worth testing before you travel: it is the lightest, so it is the most likely to bridge across the opening rather than fall.
Feeding stops, but it does not dump the hopper. Charge it fully the day before you go and two months of headroom means a fortnight away is never close to the limit.
Only if the lid has a feeding flap or a gap at the rim for the clamp. The bracket needs an edge to grip and the chute needs clear air below it.
Yes, though flake absorbs moisture and is more prone to clogging than pellet. If you are away for more than a few days, switching to pellet beforehand is the safer option.
Feeding stops. Charge it fully before every trip, and for a longer holiday ask someone to look in halfway rather than relying on a single point of failure.
It clamps to the rim and needs clear space above. On a fully hooded tank a slim tank-side feeder that hooks over the glass is the better fit.
Last reviewed August 30, 2026