How to Build a Better Fish Feeder
Building a fish feeder will take the hassle out of feeding your fish on a routine schedule. Many types of fish will thrive when fed on a specific schedule. Building a better fish feeder will let you keep your fish healthy with minimal work.
A fish feeder will allow you to feed your fish at the same time every day without having to worry about whether or not you will be around.
What You’ll Need:
- 24-hour timer
- Extension cord
- Hammer
- Plastic drinking straw
- Fish tank
- Nail
- Epoxy putty
- Fish food
- Large plastic pill bottle
- Poke two holes into the side of your pill bottle using a hammer and nail. Be sure not to poke through the other side and space the holes 2 inches away from each other.
- Apply epoxy putty into the holes you made. The putty should go completely through the holes and should not stick to the bottle. Give it about 15 minutes to dry.
- Put the epoxy onto the edge of your 24-hour timer dial. The putty needs to be placed at both the zero and the 12-hour marks. Stick the part of the timer that has putty on it to the part of the bottle that has putty on it and give it 15 minutes to dry.
- Poke a hole into the lid of the bottle with your hammer and nail. Put the lid onto the bottle and put a drinking straw through the hole. It needs to be less than an inch from the bottom of the bottle. Cut the straw so that about ½ an inch is sticking out. Put putty around the inside and outside of the bottle where the straw is and give it 15 minutes to dry.
- Fill the bottle with food. Stick the timer to the fish tank’s lid and then plug it in.