Backyard Aquaponics
A place to discuss aquaponics

The aquasonic one is about $360. Had never seen this until you pointed it out Rupert - but sound like my thought re: using a standard timer wasw on the money. I reckon something could be rigged up pretty cheaply - may not be as effective as the $360 one, but would probably still do the job.

I have some timers I am not using - I will have a play with them.

Give les some competition?

Won't be trying to do that - he would win hands down. I neither have the time nor technical skill that he seems to have.

Here is some competition , I found this one a while back...haven't built one though:
http://chickenfeeder.blogspot.com/

Checked out the Electric Feeders and Paddle Wheel on the Aussie Bushmans site........fun fun fun

Chicken Feeder is a little more practical for our purposes...and interesting

Chicken feeder looks nice. Let me grab a drink and sit back and watch Les go!

been covertly checking Jaycar for dc motors, relays, need to have an outlet for each tank - Oh my god!! Smart Relays

Steve/b2b, need more DO's

Been looking at auto fish feeders, come across these:
http://ageofaquariums.com.au/category61_1.htm

First one is too small, the other doesn't have a max size but feeds ponds over 21 days....anybody had any experience/knowledge of this item???


Edit - just found some more info on it
http://www.aquasonic.com.au/NewCatalogu ... _p_193.pdf

If you are still looking for an automated feeder you might want to pull down the sites for either Cabela's or Bass Pro Shop's here in the U.S. Both of these stores carry items for hunters and fishermen. One of the items I know they do carry is a battery operated or solar powered motor that is either attached to a bucket/barrel hopper. These are designed for hunters wanting to attract deer, turkey or other game to an area or for winter supplemental feeding. Some of them are meant to be hung by a rope from a tree limb or have a pipe leg stand. The biggest problem would be adjusting the area the feed would be dispensed into.
Kevin

Look at direct deals .com .site they have one for $60.00

I guess it depends a lot on your stocking levels.

If you are keeping herbivores maybe a good heavy coating of azolla and / or duckweed on the top of the pond will do the trick for 10 days or so.

The suspended magott / fruit fly / blowie traps discussed here on other threads also seems like it has potential for a small number of carnivores.

Also a few no-food days never hurts fish too much.

5 days with no food is no prob for the goldies at school.

Gone for this one F&F, ordered it today - is this the same one you are referring too

Moke,
looking for something to feed the fish for an extended period (2-3 weeks), this is the closest I have been able to find that does it and is reasonably priced

just got to do a few mods to it