Diy frozen food feeder (1 Viewer)

[eraser2001]

Marsh
I want to do a Frozen food feeder, because I will be on travel in July and the person who help me he will on vacations. Someone has something similar and want to shere with me . I found some information on r2r.

Thanks

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[Matyas]

If you have smaller foods such as brine shrimp or rotifers, I have found that running a dosing pump line from a mini-fridge is an efficient way to feed without allowing the food to rot.

 

[eraser2001]

That is the plan, I'm going to buy a dos for this job

If you have smaller foods such as brine shrimp or rotifers, I have found that running a dosing pump line from a mini-fridge is an efficient way to feed without allowing the food to rot.

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[reefling]

There are stable gel foods. I forget the company that does them. The meaty stuff does not settle, so there is not a need to constantly shake the stuff
I saw someone use dosing pumps from a mini fridge.

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[eraser2001]

I will document my diy, when I installed it


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[gregg]

If you have smaller foods such as brine shrimp or rotifers, I have found that running a dosing pump line from a mini-fridge is an efficient way to feed without allowing the food to rot.

that a smart idea... will follow along for sure!

 

[reefling]

https://youtu.be/vJ0qNlJpymk

That is what I was talking about

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[reefling]

Those foods are formulated to keep the large particles from settling.

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[zzl630]

There is a guy from Reef2reef used a large flow dosing pump preventing food stuck in tubing. How long you will be traveling? Can you get away with compact cooler?

 

[Fish Keeper82]

Seen this a few year back and liked the concept.

https://youtu.be/kkmuvTREK6k

 

[eraser2001]

There is a guy from Reef2reef used a large flow dosing pump preventing food stuck in tubing. How long you will be traveling? Can you get away with compact cooler?

I will be out 8 day. I will order a mini fridge but also a cooler maybe work.

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[zzl630]

I will be out 8 day. I will order a mini fridge but also a cooler maybe work.

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I am trying to set up something like this to feed my anthias. Here is the link Matthew set up for the auto feeder from a cooler.
https://reefbuilders.com/2014/01/14/wandell-autofeeder-fishes/

I would have some one put 2 cube of frozen food every 2 days or so.

 

[RR-MAN]

That is the plan, I'm going to buy a dos for this job

Good choice on doser...this thing runs great no wonder people use it for auto water change. Can't even compared it to the coralvue/brs dosers.

Keep us updated with this DIY I'm very interested- my male anthias eats anything/everything but the females only frozen.

 

[eraser2001]

Today I received my mini fridge.
Next week the dos pump and I could start diy

 

[Cody]

Today I received my mini fridge.
Next week the dos pump and I could start diy

Do you still have my number? Feel free to text me. I worked out this exact design that you're doing but for sharath. Only problem was that he never bought the fridge so we never built it. It requires a dosing pump that will be housed in the fridge, among a few other plumbing pieces. The only thing that I would advise is to never make such a big change so close to leaving town. Even if it works well for a few days, you're going into a situation with untested equipment while you're not going to be around to examine or fix it. It would probably be easier to just teach your wife on how to feed frozen in the mean time.

 

[Cody]

Not to mention, the food that you need that's suspended runs about $30 a bottle for maybe 4-6oz of suspended food. Do you have a pump to run the water through the tube going through the fridge?

 

[Cody]

I am trying to set up something like this to feed my anthias. Here is the link Matthew set up for the auto feeder from a cooler.
https://reefbuilders.com/2014/01/14/wandell-autofeeder-fishes/

I would have some one put 2 cube of frozen food every 2 days or so.

How many cubes of food do you think can be held in those tubes that aren't being chilled? How many days do you think it will take for that stuff to rot?

The correct way to do this is to have a closed loop of water running through the fridge that the dosers (inside the fridge as well) are tapped into. As the chilled food is pushed into that closed lupe via a peristaltic pump, it will rush the food to the display. Otherwise its gonna rot in a hot second unless youre using such a short length of tubing that its no longer practical.

 

[eraser2001]

How many cubes of food do you think can be held in those tubes that aren't being chilled? How many days do you think it will take for that stuff to rot?

The correct way to do this is to have a closed loop of water running through the fridge that the dosers (inside the fridge as well) are tapped into. As the chilled food is pushed into that closed lupe via a peristaltic pump, it will rush the food to the display. Otherwise its gonna rot in a hot second unless youre using such a short length of tubing that its no longer practical.

Hi cody
I'm following this idea from R2R

https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/diy-frozen-food-feeder.279232/

So the ideas is sent food with dos pump and send back to the container inside of the mini fridge.
The guy on r2r's thread explains how to do that.

Next week I will buy the Dos pump and start playing

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[Cody]

Hi cody
I'm following this idea from R2R

https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/diy-frozen-food-feeder.279232/

So the ideas is sent food with dos pump and send back to the container inside of the mini fridge.
The guy on r2r's thread explains how to do that.

Next week I will buy the Dos pump and start playing

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I just skimmed through so correct me if I'm not speaking on it correctly.

Even with that design, it looks like food will spend time between dosing in the tubes outside of the fridge. If so, then it's gonna go foul pretty quickly.

Also, I would assume that you're leaving for at least a week, otherwise the automation wouldn't be necessary. Have you ever thawed frozen food in water, left it in your fridge for maybe five days, then smelled it? Even with an automatic feeding system that keeps the food 100% chilled until it hits the tank it's only good for a few days. The product that's meant to be chilled, suspended, and good for weeks in the fridge isn't cheap for a reason. Also, that's assuming you're going to keep it 100% refrigerated until it hits the water column.

 

[eraser2001]

I just skimmed through so correct me if I'm not speaking on it correctly.

Even with that design, it looks like food will spend time between dosing in the tubes outside of the fridge. If so, then it's gonna go foul pretty quickly.

Also, I would assume that you're leaving for at least a week, otherwise the automation wouldn't be necessary. Have you ever thawed frozen food in water, left it in your fridge for maybe five days, then smelled it? Even with an automatic feeding system that keeps the food 100% chilled until it hits the tank it's only good for a few days. The product that's meant to be chilled, suspended, and good for weeks in the fridge isn't cheap for a reason. Also, that's assuming you're going to keep it 100% refrigerated until it hits the water column.

Thanks Cody. I will contact you next week, when I have all the equipment and we can talk and give some advice.



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