Auto feeder for filter feeders?

[gzeiger]

Anybody know of a commercial product that can be used to automatically dispense a liquid solution for filter feeders? I'm thinking specifically of fairy shrimp, but something designed for brine shrimp or corals would be good.

 

[abrahamavelar]

well they have the brineshirmp hatchers they are between20-40 us dollars depending of how hancy you have i seen one that u keep in a tank and when they grow they will swim out on their own you just need an air pump

 

[gzeiger]

The objective is to feed the brine shrimp to adult size so they can be used to feed larger fish. I have a successful colony of redtail fairy shrimp going, but I'm just not able to feed enough to maintain a very useful population density.

 

[abrahamavelar]

oh ok i dont know what automatically can feed them sorry

 

[EscVelocity]

You could use something like a drip acclimation kit. I'm sure it would be really easy to DIY.

 

[gzeiger]

That's a pretty good idea actually. The tricky part will be finding a food that will remain suspended in water if left sitting in a bag or bucket like that.

 

[BigJim]

If you wanted to go fancy, use a magnetic stirrer to keep the food suspended and use a gravity feed with an electronic valve on a timer.