Auto Feeders

[nudibranch]

I have never used on of these and I was wondering if on any of them you can adjust how much is dosed. I was thinking of using one for dosing some dry additives to my tank on a daily basis.

 

[Gomer]

I have an eheim and you can adjust the dose and frequency

 

[99sf]

Like Tony, I have the Eheim auto feeder. I really like it. It has a sliding door that allows control of the portion size. I have it set to feed twice a day; programming was very easy. The only issue is that my fish sometimes aren't fast enough to consume all the NLS pellets before they end up swept along the surface into the drain. But this would be a problem with any automatic feeder that isn't paired with a feeding ring or some sort of chute to deposit the food beneath the surface.

 

[nudibranch]

Thanks you for your good and quick responses. Also where could I find Eheim Auto Feeders in good quality for the cheapest?

 

[Gomer]

Your LFS might have them. Mine did and I live in the land of sand and tumble weeds

 

[GreshamH]

Dry supplements as in a feed, or something to boost CA/ALK/MG?etc levels? It the latter, that is ill advised.

 

[nudibranch]

It is a dry additive to boost coral growth and it has a high amount of calcium. Though it is not what I use to maintain my calcium.

 

[GreshamH]

What product? Most are best premixing out of the tank in a liquid so granules don't fall onto your corals and kill them.

 

[nudibranch]

I use Blackpowder (not the explosive kind ). Usually I just put the amount I need for my tank straight into it.

 

[GreshamH]

Mmmm Marc Weiss products are highly known for their snake oil like qualities. I would get onto another product. one that doesn't use quartz.

INGREDIENTS:
Crude protein, crude fiber, quartz, Cytokinin, yeasts

Derived from ferment of: Citrus leaves, yeasts, animal by-products

Yah that's not such a great calcium supplement.'

http://www.marcweissco.com/marine/black_powder/black_powder.html

 

[Gomer]

Yah that's not such a great calcium supplement.'

http://www.marcweissco.com/marine/black_powder/black_powder.html

Everything I know tells me that that ingredient list has NO available calcium, let alone "Contains high levels of available calcium"

 

[rygh]

Yah that's not such a great calcium supplement.'

http://www.marcweissco.com/marine/black_powder/black_powder.html

Everything I know tells me that that ingredient list has NO available calcium, let alone "Contains high levels of available calcium"

Ahh, but you are basing your opinion on actual science.
Read this for some laughs.
http://www.liquidvitaminsleader.com/supplements/need-calcium-supplements-take-silica.html
A surprisingly common belief.
My guess - that quartz (Sio4) is supposed to be biologically (magically) transmuted into Calcium.

 

[Gomer]

lol. That was a good read.

 

[rygh]

BTW: I do want to make very clear that I (and probably others) were not making fun of anyone who might
be using that black powder product.
It is the people spreading junk-science like that that I can't stand.
It can sound so real sometimes, especially twisted around in advertising.
And who knows, it is even possible that black powder may do some beneficial things.
Just no way that it turns quartz into calcium.

 

[Thales]

At this point in the hobby, on a forum like this, it almost makes sense to make fun of people using that product.

http://www.reefsmagazine.com/forum/reefs-magazine/82364-skeptical-reefkeeping-part-2-magic-bottle-richard-ross.html

 

[Elite]

Does anyone where I can get that Instantflow stuff? That stuff is cool..

 

[nudibranch]

I think I got ripped off. Also I thought a product had to have a certain degree of honesty for it to be allowed to be sold. Like I couldn't sell a bottle of water and say it would make you regrow a kidney.

 

[houser]

Think of all the ipads you could get with that magic water...

 

[Gomer]

Think of all the ipads you could get with that magic water...

You owe me a new computer monitor!

 

[Thales]

I think I got ripped off. Also I thought a product had to have a certain degree of honesty for it to be allowed to be sold. Like I couldn't sell a bottle of water and say it would make you regrow a kidney.

Its a common problem. Google scam product.

There are a million products that are complete scams that are sold every day. Its been a long time, but I believe none of the claims that are on the product you bought are actually testable.