Fish Mate FishMate F14 Aquarium Fish Feeder Aquarium Fish Feeders at Pet Mountain

On December 29, 2012:
The fish feeder I recieved works great! It seems to be a well made product and will last. Thank you for a great product and FAST service!

On December 28, 2012:
The feeder works as described having 15 compartments one for each feeding. You can schedule up to 4 feedings a day although they must be at least 3 hours apart. Also the distribution of the food is very slow taking about 30 minutes for the entire compartment to be emptied into the fish tank. We use pellet fish food and have some very small fish requiring us to break up the pellets into much smaller pieces. Some very small pieces (maybe 5% of the food) tended not to be distributed and ended up under the feeder mechanism. Given you can only schedule 15 feedings there is opportunity to clean the feeder before refilling for its next use. It worked for our needs for 5 days away from the house. As a temporary feeder used when away for a few days it is OK but given a choice, I think I would look at one of the other types of fish feeders for regular use.

On November 29, 2012:
We have a 16 gal. aquarium. We have the feeder in the back at the top. There are 5 skirt fish and 2 small catfish. We frequently go on vacation. This feeder is reliable and does not get the food wet, so small flakes work fine. There is only a thumbtack amount of food in each slot and it drops out fine (over an hour of time) as it rotates. Would highly recommend.

On September 7, 2012:
Simple, effective & lasts a long time. I have 6 of them. They work best with granular food, but dispense flakes well too. If you don't use them outside in the weather or let a battery go bad & leak inside the compartment, they should last as long as a quartz wall clock. Works on the same principle.

On November 11, 2011:
This item has a built-in round, timer in the middle that rotates counter-clockwise. There are 4 tabs included with the device so that you can pin them on timer for when you want the feeding mechanism to move (so you can feed your fish from 1 to 4 times per day). You can see the red pins in the picture. Here are a couple of things you should know. The timer moves a wheel, which has approx fifteen 3/4"x3/4"x3/4" compartments (as seen in the picture). What is not obvious is that the wheel is NOT attached to the device. If you're going to use flakes with it, then expect some flakes to move around on the bottom - it's really minimal. Also, don't lift the wheel up, when it's full of flakes because you'll create a mess. Pellets works better with this type of device.

On October 27, 2010:
This product saves time and allows the ability to stay away from the office for up to 2 weeks.

On September 4, 2010:
I currently use 15 of these every week. They are perfect for pellet food and the 1 AA battery lasts over 12 months. Easy to clean and are easy to load if you use a folded business card as a funnel!

On May 12, 2010:
Fish Mate F14 does work, great product. Have had it for over two years, and it's still working on the same AA batteries!