Continuous feeding NPS filter feeders - Page 8

slapshot · 11/11/2010, 02:26 PM

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Originally Posted by euromomtx

Excellent (especially since I already got the fridge on order and am bugging our local LFS to see if they can get me the Shellfish diet)
Most of my gorgos are photosynthetic but they've really been enjoying the dryfeed delivery system Mike posted. The anthias think it's great too.
Wonderful thread. Thanks so much.

If they wont get it for you, you can order it direct.

euromomtx · 11/16/2010, 09:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Aquabacs

I was able to get a new Avanti 1.7 Beverage Cooler for very cheap on Ebay!

Before I start cutting/drilling I'd love some clarification on the plumbing hardware:
are there any check valves between the ball valve and the connectors to the PVC pipe? Do I need to worry about water that rushes through the PVC tube to go up the silicone tubes?

uhuru · 11/16/2010, 10:04 PM

I take it you missed the venturi discussion? Check Aquabacs thread or my thread for a detailed discussion, or look a couple of pages back for a pic from Aquabacs (I think I posted a pic of mine too but its not as nice).

slapshot · 11/17/2010, 09:45 AM

You can either use the check valve method or the venturi method. If possible use the venturi method as it is much safer, no clogging up and more consistent. If not then yes, you need a check valve at the point where the water leaves the tube and/or where it goes into the pipe.

euromomtx · 11/17/2010, 11:03 AM

Excellent. I saw venturi was mentioned earlier in this thread but I didn't understand the connection (in my mind venturi=skimmer). After reading Aquabac's thread though I totally get it. Thanks

uhuru · 12/09/2010, 09:29 PM

Here is a recent pic of my feeding setup. I'm now feeding H20 Life Nanno9 Live Phytoplankton from the beaker on the right. The magnetic stirrer only stirs the plankton gently and it comes on every hour. To the left I still mix all of my FM foods as well as frozen cyclopeeze, ova, baby brine shrimp and rotifers.

Aquabacs · 12/12/2010, 11:16 PM

Save you photos Mike, hopefully the new site should be up soon (I know it has been longer than expected so dont read me the riot act). There is going to be a dedicated section for feeding systems

Mike

fullmonti · 12/12/2010, 11:54 PM

Mike
Are you part of new site, or friends with some one who is. You seem to have some inside connection.
Jim

Aquabacs · 12/13/2010, 12:13 AM

Yes Jim. This week there has been some progress but I am not the sole person who sets the launch date of the new site

Hopefully soon. The majority of the site is for azoox corals but there will be some room for those who are scared of the dark.

Mike

fullmonti · 12/13/2010, 10:52 AM

Looking forward to it!

capecoral · 12/13/2010, 07:16 PM

Looks like plankton heaven

Terryz_ · 12/15/2010, 10:41 AM

Hi I am wondering if I should post here...
I am doing a food mix of FM Ultra Seafan, FM Ultra Min F and Nannocholorpsis and storing it in the fridge for next day usage. Which I will dose into the tank via dosing pump in the morning and in the afternoon...
Will this process spoil the food mixture? Maximum is one day every night I will prepare the mixture..

Thanks..

Terryz_ · 12/15/2010, 11:51 PM

Anyone using Reef Pearls in their food mixture?

SWINGRRRR · 12/21/2010, 01:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Terryz_

Anyone using Reef Pearls in their food mixture?

Have you been able to find a website that sells it? I know Scott at Aquarium Specialty is hoping to have some in after the holidays. But I cant find any, anywhere else.

flying_dutchman · 12/21/2010, 02:38 PM

aloha aquatics and aquarium specialty have ordered them in but are having problems with the USDA. I have some friends in the Netherlands so I might setup a group buy.

SWINGRRRR · 12/21/2010, 02:43 PM

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Originally Posted by flying_dutchman

aloha aquatics and aquarium specialty have ordered them in but are having problems with the USDA. I have some friends in the Netherlands so I might setup a group buy.

Id be up for the GB. Just LMK.

GreshamH · 12/22/2010, 01:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by flying_dutchman

aloha aquatics and aquarium specialty have ordered them in but are having problems with the USDA. I have some friends in the Netherlands so I might setup a group buy.

I suspect you as a non business will run into even more issues then just USDA trying to go this route.

samhon · 01/03/2011, 07:31 PM

This has really been an awesome thread.

So far everything we have seen are DIYs.

I was wondering if there is any commercial brand that sell ready made automatic continuous feeding system with the fridge/cooling device.

Anyone can give me some websites/ links?

GreshamH · 01/04/2011, 02:15 PM

Nothing commercial yet.

stormrider27 · 01/09/2011, 05:40 PM

I've read every page of this outstanding thread but I am a little confused. Do you all daily mix up food to be automatically be feed or can you mix up one weeks worth at a time? The reason I ask is what do you do when you go out of town for a week? My neighbor is willing to feed my fish but I wouldn't want to trust anyone to make up NPS food daily while I am gone nor would I want to burden them with that responsibility.

Thanks!
Mark

fullmonti · 01/09/2011, 05:52 PM

Lot of different people & lot of different ways of doing it. I mix a batch & freeze cubes. Some say they mix couple days worth at a time. I think Mike pre cuts cubes & pre measures dry foods each for individual feedings. I don't think there is a standard way of doing it at all. Sorry, I bet that wasn't the answer you where hoping for.

Namyar · 02/04/2011, 06:54 PM

So I have been hand mixing and feeding for awhile and am also inspired to make a feeder for my tank. Sun coral, sea apples right now but want some other NPS corals.

Sent from my Liberated DroidX

dzhuo · 03/08/2011, 12:04 AM

I am having a hard time locating this small Mobicool frideg that you guys are using. Does anyone have a link to the actual product?

fullmonti · 03/08/2011, 07:31 AM

Sears has them, pretty much any home center like Lowe's etc. Other than that just google mini fridge.

dzhuo · 03/08/2011, 12:31 PM

Thx you!

A couple more questions:

1. Seems like most of you guys end up using BRS dosing pump? Would the pinching action smash / destroy the larger food particle like Roti-Feast?

2. Oil that came with most liquid food I fed stop the skimmer for a few hours, wouldn't continuously feeding throughout the day almost means no skimming most of the time? Have you notice any significant difference in skimmate production?

11/17/2010, 11:03 AM	#180
euromomtx Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Texas Posts: 742 Blog Entries: 3	Excellent. I saw venturi was mentioned earlier in this thread but I didn't understand the connection (in my mind venturi=skimmer). After reading Aquabac's thread though I totally get it. Thanks __________________ Karin Current Tank Info: 215g Caribbean Inspired Reef with Shadowbox

12/12/2010, 11:16 PM	#182
Aquabacs Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Yonkers, NY Posts: 1,581	Save you photos Mike, hopefully the new site should be up soon (I know it has been longer than expected so dont read me the riot act). There is going to be a dedicated section for feeding systems Mike __________________ Put down the halide and step into the shade...welcome to the darkside of reefkeeping. FM UltraLith system since 7.3.08 Current Tank Info: 50 gallon rimless non-photosynthetic

12/13/2010, 12:13 AM	#184
Aquabacs Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Yonkers, NY Posts: 1,581	Yes Jim. This week there has been some progress but I am not the sole person who sets the launch date of the new site Hopefully soon. The majority of the site is for azoox corals but there will be some room for those who are scared of the dark. Mike __________________ Put down the halide and step into the shade...welcome to the darkside of reefkeeping. FM UltraLith system since 7.3.08 Current Tank Info: 50 gallon rimless non-photosynthetic

01/04/2011, 02:15 PM	#194
GreshamH Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: SF Bay Area, CA Posts: 9,474	Nothing commercial yet. __________________ Gresham _______________________________ Feeding your reef...one polyp at a time

02/04/2011, 06:54 PM	#197
Namyar Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Brighton Posts: 1,363	So I have been hand mixing and feeding for awhile and am also inspired to make a feeder for my tank. Sun coral, sea apples right now but want some other NPS corals. Sent from my Liberated DroidX __________________ Why BUY when you can DIY Current Tank Info: 45 Gal corner, 10 gal sump - with G3 skimmer

11/16/2010, 10:04 PM	#178
uhuru Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Columbus Posts: 2,949	I take it you missed the venturi discussion? Check Aquabacs thread or my thread for a detailed discussion, or look a couple of pages back for a pic from Aquabacs (I think I posted a pic of mine too but its not as nice).

11/17/2010, 09:45 AM	#179
slapshot Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Farmington Hills, Michigan Posts: 1,791	You can either use the check valve method or the venturi method. If possible use the venturi method as it is much safer, no clogging up and more consistent. If not then yes, you need a check valve at the point where the water leaves the tube and/or where it goes into the pipe.

12/09/2010, 09:29 PM	#181
uhuru Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Columbus Posts: 2,949	Here is a recent pic of my feeding setup. I'm now feeding H20 Life Nanno9 Live Phytoplankton from the beaker on the right. The magnetic stirrer only stirs the plankton gently and it comes on every hour. To the left I still mix all of my FM foods as well as frozen cyclopeeze, ova, baby brine shrimp and rotifers.

12/12/2010, 11:54 PM	#183
fullmonti now is the time Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: chattanooga tn Posts: 1,097	Mike Are you part of new site, or friends with some one who is. You seem to have some inside connection. Jim

12/13/2010, 10:52 AM	#185
fullmonti now is the time Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: chattanooga tn Posts: 1,097	Looking forward to it!

12/13/2010, 07:16 PM	#186
capecoral Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: cape coral, fl Posts: 396	Looks like plankton heaven

12/15/2010, 10:41 AM	#187
Terryz_ Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 1,095	Hi I am wondering if I should post here... I am doing a food mix of FM Ultra Seafan, FM Ultra Min F and Nannocholorpsis and storing it in the fridge for next day usage. Which I will dose into the tank via dosing pump in the morning and in the afternoon... Will this process spoil the food mixture? Maximum is one day every night I will prepare the mixture.. Thanks..

12/15/2010, 11:51 PM	#188
Terryz_ Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 1,095	Anyone using Reef Pearls in their food mixture?

12/21/2010, 02:38 PM	#190
flying_dutchman Moved On Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: San Francisco Posts: 1,319	aloha aquatics and aquarium specialty have ordered them in but are having problems with the USDA. I have some friends in the Netherlands so I might setup a group buy.

01/03/2011, 07:31 PM	#193
samhon Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 5	This has really been an awesome thread. So far everything we have seen are DIYs. I was wondering if there is any commercial brand that sell ready made automatic continuous feeding system with the fridge/cooling device. Anyone can give me some websites/ links?

01/09/2011, 05:40 PM	#195
stormrider27 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Sarasota, FL Posts: 530	I've read every page of this outstanding thread but I am a little confused. Do you all daily mix up food to be automatically be feed or can you mix up one weeks worth at a time? The reason I ask is what do you do when you go out of town for a week? My neighbor is willing to feed my fish but I wouldn't want to trust anyone to make up NPS food daily while I am gone nor would I want to burden them with that responsibility. Thanks! Mark

01/09/2011, 05:52 PM	#196
fullmonti now is the time Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: chattanooga tn Posts: 1,097	Lot of different people & lot of different ways of doing it. I mix a batch & freeze cubes. Some say they mix couple days worth at a time. I think Mike pre cuts cubes & pre measures dry foods each for individual feedings. I don't think there is a standard way of doing it at all. Sorry, I bet that wasn't the answer you where hoping for.

03/08/2011, 12:04 AM	#198
dzhuo Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 4,338	I am having a hard time locating this small Mobicool frideg that you guys are using. Does anyone have a link to the actual product?

03/08/2011, 07:31 AM	#199
fullmonti now is the time Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: chattanooga tn Posts: 1,097	Sears has them, pretty much any home center like Lowe's etc. Other than that just google mini fridge.

03/08/2011, 12:31 PM	#200
dzhuo Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 4,338	Thx you! A couple more questions: 1. Seems like most of you guys end up using BRS dosing pump? Would the pinching action smash / destroy the larger food particle like Roti-Feast? 2. Oil that came with most liquid food I fed stop the skimmer for a few hours, wouldn't continuously feeding throughout the day almost means no skimming most of the time? Have you notice any significant difference in skimmate production?