tooo lazy

HI,
Well I need to go out of town for a week or so my wife is very scared of my saltwater contraptions,
so I decided to work on a auto feed project for my two tanks, I already built a nice auto-top off so this will really improve my maint needs
The first order was to find a decent feeder that dosen't gum up when exposed to the high moisture of the salt air. This pumps air into the food tank as it rotates over the water preventing any moisture problems,
this fit the picture I found a couple on that ebay for 1/2 price sweet.


feeds up to four times a day,my lights power up at 0630. I started out at two times once at 0800 and once at 1600 feeding four is a little much. It can handle flake and pellets i prefer floating low phos pellets mixed with spirella flake I crumple the larger flakes a little to make it easier to dispense when scouped by the feeder the weight of the mixed in pellets really help it to dispense more evenly...
my concern was to keep the food out of the over flow so i have the sumps returns on timers they shut down 15 mins prior to feeding, I have power heads in the tanks and sump to prevent any stagnation.
here's a timer I used for the 4 pumps.
I found a nice one at Lowes for less money.


so my fish are fed twice a day my skimmer and returns power down 10 mins before feeding, and back up 3o mins later whooo.
thats sweet.
Doug

 

Looks like you have it covered --- just have wife check water levels to top off if necessary.

Have fun!

 

sounds like you should have it all undercontrol

 

Just dont forget about siphons from returns

 

water is cover'd by auto top off good for 12 days

check this out. for auto refil

http://www.3reef.com/forums/i-made/bargin-basement-water-top-off-42239.html


and this mod for removing any air in the tubes, parts to arrive soon, will use the power switchfor the auto-refil to power the second pump to pull air, I also have a filter to prevent any problems with the pump.


http://www.3reef.com/forums/i-made/gonna-try-mod-my-system-44205.html

 

Hope everything works out.. Enjoy your trip.....