• Folks, if you've recently upgraded or renewed your annual club membership but it's still not active, please reach out to the BOD or a moderator. The PayPal system has a slight bug which it doesn't allow it to activate the account on it's own.

DIY Feeding Ring

redfishbluefish

Officer Emeritus
Officer Emeritus
So with all this new flake food I have, I thought I'd go back to setting up the autofeeder. The one issue with floating flakes is that too much go down the overflow before it could be eaten. I was aware that Petco had feeding rings on their website, so I stopped into the store. No rings. They called other Petco's, and still, no one carried them in their stores. So I came home and decided I'd try a DIY.


First shot was using 1/4 inch tubing (24 inches long), with a short piece of rigid RO tubing to connect the ends:


IMG_7452_zps5c90cbd1.jpg





I didn't need a suction cup to hold it in place. I was able to entrap the ring behind the Loc-line.


It didn't work. One side slightly sank and the food just flowed out.


IMG_7454_zpsf5090673.jpg






Next was 1/2 inch tubing using a short piece of dowel to hold it together. I lathered up the dowel with pool lube.


IMG_7456_zpsaeb53ff9.jpg





This work just fine...a simple fish feeding ring with two things I had laying around the house.


IMG_7457_zps20d43bf3.jpg
 

redfishbluefish

Officer Emeritus
Officer Emeritus
Well nothing can be easy. The ring decided to float away. So instead of using a rubber suction cup, I made a cleat out of some scrap acrylic. I'm using an exterior green epoxy coated screw for the first time. Lets see how long it takes before it starts to bleed rust.


IMG_7459_zpsaeb3cc49.jpg
 
I used a cut Poland springs bottle and zip tied it to my mesh top. Works great. Forces the food to sink out the cap area.


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
 

TanksNStuff

Officer Emeritus
Officer Emeritus
I used a cut Poland springs bottle and zip tied it to my mesh top. Works great. Forces the food to sink out the cap area.


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

That's a winner too. Another Paul with a great idea!
 

malulu

NJRC Member
i did this:
- cut off the top of a 2 liters soda bottle
- flip the small side down, wide side up, then glue it to a tube
- so it will trap all flake on top and down to the tube below
- with zip-tie.

A1ZZpLMm7b20wOyTfGm-dch0QCM-cWxw2A3Jc9Y_xl0=w157-h207-p-no
BqDhYXm5jDFmIT55Ho_YsAo65i2pl4a1kp67vB6RRP0=w277-h207-p-no
9fglR-e12_FP2bm5neDFhBIIOuAz7F-_7oenOptWdvs=w276-h207-p-no


see video in action:

[video]https://plus.google.com/u/0/photos?amp%3Boid=109199396529296887735&pid=5594509347077441602&oid=109199396529296887735[/video]
 
Top