Automatic Koi Feeder

Joined
May 1, 2010
Messages
3
Reaction score
0
Hello Everyone!

Here's my little pond :lol: It came with the house when I bought the house, but I love it! It has 3 koi in it.

Unfortunately, I often go for business trips, and there is a problem with feeding the fish. Usually I ask my neighbours to do it, but sometimes I feel uncomfortable to ask them all the time. I am thinking of getting and automatic koi feeder. Does anybody have one? Does anybody know anything of them?

I would be grateful for any advice.
 

Attachments

  • P1060192.jpg
    P1060192.jpg
    62.2 KB · Views: 310
Joined
Apr 29, 2009
Messages
1,679
Reaction score
373
Location
Pacific NW
Hardiness Zone
8b
Country
United States
I have them and sell them,
The pull string type are really nice looking and fun to watch the koi pull the string to get food. They sell for around $150
Lots of fat koi and fouled water.
The other type is on a timer and you can set it up to feed four times a day.
no fat koi and better water.
 

Attachments

  • kichisystem.jpg
    kichisystem.jpg
    7.2 KB · Views: 298
  • dreampondkoifeed.jpg
    dreampondkoifeed.jpg
    27.9 KB · Views: 355
Joined
Apr 29, 2009
Messages
1,679
Reaction score
373
Location
Pacific NW
Hardiness Zone
8b
Country
United States
I tried to find a video with no luck. If they can play soccer they can pull a string.
 
Joined
Oct 30, 2007
Messages
125
Reaction score
1
Location
NW Indiana, USA
How long and how often are you gone? Even in an aquarium, fish will be fine for several days without food. In a pond, it's not likely your fish would ever starve to death. True, the fish won't grow as fast, but if your pond is small, maybe that's a good thing.

Overfeeding is one of the most common problems in ponds, hence asking the neighbors to take care of it may be more trouble than it's worth.
 
Joined
May 1, 2010
Messages
3
Reaction score
0
Thank you all for advice. I am thinking about the one with a timer. Usually I feed them once a day or once in 2 days. I leave sometimes for a month, but it might be longer in future... I wonder if I have one, can I go and just ask the guy who cuts my grass to have a look if it works properly, he comes every 2 weeks.
 
Joined
Jul 7, 2009
Messages
2,817
Reaction score
19
Location
North Carolina
Otter said:
How long and how often are you gone? Even in an aquarium, fish will be fine for several days without food. In a pond, it's not likely your fish would ever starve to death. True, the fish won't grow as fast, but if your pond is small, maybe that's a good thing.

Overfeeding is one of the most common problems in ponds, hence asking the neighbors to take care of it may be more trouble than it's worth.

I agree. I go away for a week for work and I just don't have them fed. Don't trust anyone to do it for me. And they are perfectly fine.
 
Joined
Feb 5, 2010
Messages
49
Reaction score
0
Location
Sanger California
it works great bolt it on your own 5 gal. bucket or larger has a timer like a sprinkler timer. throughs the food out about ten feet with a fan type impeller. like i said 1 second is a handfull of food so you must have more then a few fish.
 

Ask a Question

Want to reply to this thread or ask your own question?

You'll need to choose a username for the site, which only take a couple of moments. After that, you can post your question and our members will help you out.

Ask a Question

Members online

Forum statistics

Threads
30,784
Messages
508,601
Members
13,043
Latest member
cisifom

Latest Threads

Top