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🐠 Effortless Betta Care: Introducing the Zoo Med BettaMatic Automatic Daily Betta Feeder Review

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Description of 🐠 Effortless Betta Care: Introducing the Zoo Med BettaMatic Automatic Daily Betta Feeder

Uses one AA size battery (battery included). Sample food included. Automatically feeds your Betta once daily. Kindly refer to the product description for Trouble Shooting Steps.

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Revainrating 1 out of 5

Put out too many pellets!

Terrible. Bettas should not eat more than six pellets per day. With one revolution, the doser dispenses 10-15 granules. This is almost double or triple what a betta should eat on a daily basis. We are going on holiday and unfortunately I can't get it back as we have no one to look after our fish so this is my only option other than not feeding the fish for 7 days. I took advice from a buyer who was answering someone's question about how much goes in a spin. He suggested using a piece of thin…

Pros
  • Food sample included
Cons
  • Expensive

Revainrating 3 out of 5

Not perfect but good considering it's the only male feeder

To be honest I would have bought a different feed if there was any other special male food on would have given to the market. The reviews made me nervous, so I tested it for a few days and found similar issues. I think the biggest issue I've had that isn't mentioned in the reviews is that the hole can end up right or left when the fodder ball is spun. This means when the feeder puts down food, he puts it aside. If you have a traditional tank or an open, wide bowl, this shouldn't be a problem…

Pros
  • Automatically feeds males once a day
Cons
  • I don't remember

Revainrating 3 out of 5

Cheap but subtle design.

Let's see what that thing is. This is a small clock mechanism similar to that found in any cheap wall clock. I was confused at first because it even has a dial to set the time on the back and I thought it needed to be set somehow but it doesn't. It runs on one AA battery, which is included. The small camshaft at the front comes with a plastic ball when you fill it with food and reassemble it. The ball is a little tricky - it's made of a harder plastic than I expected and there are a few…

Pros
  • See product description for troubleshooting steps.
Cons
  • Crumpled