Zoo Med BettaMatic Automatic Daily Betta Feeder, Black

I was away for 10 days for an international trip and the BettaMatic must have worked -- my fish was healthy when I returned yesterday. I have 5 gal Fluval tank and did not see any excess pellets in or around the tank. The water appeared clear. I did not use the battery that came with it after reading reviews, and tested the feeder for just a day before I left. Position the feeder so that the spout has enough room from the edge of the tank because I did notice that pellets may not drop into the tank if the spout was sitting too close to the corner... at least that was what I noticed when testing the feeder using a mug cup...the pellets were all over the place but it is because the cup was not wide enough to receive the falling pellets. Since I didn't have much time to try I just used the pellets that came with the feeder, not the usual food I use (Aqueon Betta Food). They were a tad bigger but it wasn't an issue I guess. I feed my betta once a day, about 6 pellets so this feeder was the best for me (I did not get the best selling automatic feeder on Amazon because I was afraid it would dispense too many pellets at once)

When I really needed this thing to work it stopped. Thank goodness I used the 7 day Betta food feeder by Topfin from PetSmart. I left my place for exactly 7 days and I wasn't 100% confident that the Bettamatic would work and it didn't. First of all, the food that it comes with (Microfloating Betta Pellets by Zoo Med) doesn't fit the Bettamatic. The pellets are too big for the fish feeder so "if" it would work it would maybe feed 1 pellet/day. That's crazy so I used Color Enhancing Betta Food by Aqueon which is smaller and it works better. Second, it works better with non filtered tanks. So, if you have a fish bowl or just a gallon tank with no filter at all than you won't have any problems, however if you have a filtered 1-3 gallon tank like I do than you'll have problems. Somehow condensation entered the Bettamatic and it completely stopped working. The pellets stuck to the sides and it stopped rotating. The main thing I don't like about this fish feeder is the amount of food it feeds your Betta. It's like playing roulette, you seriously don't know how much it feeds your fish. The few times I noticed it feed my Betta I noticed that it feeds to the side. Thankfully the pellets didn't go far enough to fly out my tank but for bowls or tanks with narrow openings would be a problem. I don't trust this thing at all to feed my Betta while I'm away. The Betta Food Feeders from petsmart works way better and that's what saved my Betta while I was away.

I've waited to make this review in order to make sure it actually did its job which was to keep my fish alive. And, success! For specifics: because of the varying reviews, I ordered this well before my vacation because I wanted to test that it actually dispersed the food on a daily basis and to see how many pellets would be dispersed. What I found is that it dropped food about 90% of the time and dropped around 3-4 pellets at a time. This was using the included food packets. I have my own pellets which are slightly smaller and so I tested that next. Because of the smaller size, it dropped many more pellets, around 5-6. This is too much food for a Betta. That was one of my concerns so I moved back to the larger pellets. We were going to be gone for 2 weeks and the little ball is big enough to hold well above that amount. With some trepidation, we left on vacation. And I was thrilled to return to find a happily swimming little fish. I have continued to use the automatic feeder because it drops at the same time every day and keeps things consistent. However, I'm not a huge fan of the provided food. It tends to cause constipation after several days (identified by an enlarged belly which can throw off the fish's balance). So in order to avoid this, I remove the feeder for 1-2 days about once every week or so. I actually read from some other Betta parents that this is good to do anyway. One other small complaint is the plastic food ball is pretty fragile. Be extremely careful with the little latches on the sides of the ball - they are very thin plastic. Also, the place where the ball attaches to the motor already has a fine crack in it and I've only used it for a couple months. It does not impact functionality but is a point of annoyance. If you are wondering how it works, I would describe it as similar to a travel alarm clock. It's battery operated on a 24-hour cycle. The feeding time depends on when and in what portion you attach the ball. It's not hard to figure out how to adjust the time once you've watched it work. Overall, this thing can't be beat for the price. It did its job and is still working fine.

This product worked great while I was out of town for a week! I actually set it up one week prior to leaving to make sure the item worked, fed around the time my "guy" was used to eating, and dispensed the right amount of food. I used Hikari Betta Bio-Gold Baby Pellets (which he normally eats) and it dispensed around 6-8 pellets each feeding. Though you can't set the time for the feeding, you can attach the food container/ball to the device and spin it to dispense the food at the time you want your fish to eat. Then it'll feed again in about 24 hours. *Important Note: There's a small opening at the narrow/small end of the cone. MAKE SURE THIS IS ON THE LEFT SIDE in order to scoop the food as the device moves clockwise. If you put it in backwards, there won't be any opening for the pellets to "scoop"...hence no food for the fish. p.s. I didn't fill the ball full and there was plenty of food left when I returned home.

È pronto all’uso basta attaccare la pila e riempire di cibo per Betta e fa il suo. Io ho dovuto un pochino allargare con la lametta e facendo grande attenzione il buchino da cui deve passare il cibo per cadere nella vasca. Praticamente è un cono all’interno di una sfera e nella parte più piccola del cono c’è un piccolo buco da cui dovrebbe passare il cibo in grani già piccolini. È una cokatira di plastica abbastanza di scarsa qualità Però il problema si risolve facilissimamente con una lama ben affilata e sottile e un po’ di attenzione. Lo ingrandisce un attimino e non hai più problemi.

funciona perfecto y despues varios meses sigue funcionando con la misma pila AA

Purchased for short trips away from home to ensure my betta fish doesn't go hungry. A little fiddly to fill and close the dispensing ball and I have had to try out various betta pellet sizes to see which work best. A sample packet of Zoo Med Micro floating betta pellets arrived with the feeder (plus a sachet of water conditioner... nice!) The pellets provided seem a little too big for the scoop part of the dispenser, but there is a small plastic tag that can be snapped off to allow the feeder to scoop up the bigger pellets more easily. Smaller pellets (such as Betta Bio-Gold) seem to be scooped up more readily, but I think using these may result in over feeding over long periods. Please note, I don't think this feeder is suitable for flake food. The expanding "bowl adapter" (included) is an excellent idea. Will fit right across smaller bowls, but for my Marina 360, I fix it on to the central light bar. With a bit of fiddling, you can ensure that that the pellets dispense into the water through the open part of the aquarium lid.

Je possède 2 aquariums un communautaire de 120 litres et un nano 10 litres . Sur le communautaire pas de soucis on peut mettre un distributeur mais sur le 10 l j'avais un peu peur du surdosage et donc de faire monter les nitrites ... J'ai que 1 combattant et quelques red cherry dc attention . Et bien avec ce distributeur c'est parfait !!! Le nombre de granules n'ai pas précis mais il n'y en a jamais trop et un poisson ne va pas mourir s'il ne mange pas ou peu 1 jour . Donc il est parfait Apres 15 jours de vacances j'ai retrouvé tous mes habitants en pleine forme je recommande ce produit a ceux qu'ils veulent se simplifier la vie !!! Par contre le distributeur fait un bruit de tic tac comme les anciens réveil dc difficile de dormir si votre Aqua est dans la chambre .

This is a very simple device that works. Basically, it's an old-fashioned alarm clock, except that instead of moving the hands of a clock, the motor rotates the feeding ball/cone and food is dispensed every 24 hours. I installed it 2 weeks before going on vacation to ensure that it works and to get my fish used to it. I was away for 12 days, and came home to a happy, healthy fish.