Automatic Fish Feeder - Damsels/Chromis

[Ram_Puppy]

so I was reading about chromis and damsels in the new CORAl magazine this weekend (and it just so happens i just added 3 chromis)

and it refers to a study that they did concerning the agression of chromis and damsels in relation to their hunger.

essentially, what they found, and my numbers may be off here as i don't have it right infront of me, is that aggression almost completely evaporated when the fishes had full bellies.

in nature, chromis have been measured to eat once every 7 some odd seconds.

obviously we can't reproduce this completely in our tanks, but the authors setup an automatic feeder to try and re-create this feeding behavior as close as possible and their result, was the fish becoming more docile. (they were feedin freeze drid cyclopzeeze)

so... here's my question, and my fear: does anyone know of an automatic feeder that is high quality and trust worthy... I don't think I have to tell you how scared I am of automatic feeders, w/ goof reason, they have a horrid reputation.

[Louie3]

I'd like to read that magazine. Since most people feed 1-2 perday and if they have damsels or chormis then that just equals really bad tank mates

[Ram_Puppy]

exactly my thoughts louie, and of course, I work usually 10 hours a day, my lights go on when I am at work, and sometimes go off before i come home... so an automatic feeder only makes good sense to me.

I am just petrified from horror stories I have heard...

I am looking at this one now... it feeds 8 times a day in controllable amounts, and I only want to feed very very small portions.

http://www.drsfostersmith.com/produc...;N=0&Nty=1