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Automatic Fish Feeder

by dkzv · Pets
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This is an automatic fish feeder controlled by an Arduino. Boost Me I tried several of the other automatic fish feeders listed online, and didn't have much luck, so I designed my own. It's designed to feed small food pellets, such as the Top Fin Betta Bits shown in the photos. The feeder arm contains a circular hole that is moved past the feeder bowl to meter out a small amount of food per actuation. If your fish need more (or less) simply change the code to update the feed interval. I'd recommend running a few cycles over a piece of paper to see if the mechanism feeds reliably for your chosen food, and to get the amount per feed cycle correct.The "arm rev1" dispenses about 0.15 cm^3 of fish food per dose. I added another optional part, the "arm 6mm rev1" which dispenses about have of this, about 0.08 cm^3 per dose. I am trying some new ultra-fine ground guppy food, and it seems to work better to do a smaller dose, 2x per day. (which would require a slight t
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Pets
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MakerWorld
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What you need to print this: Beginner Low confidence
Single piece
Supports 1/3
Assembly 0/3
Settings 1/3
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FDM / FFF
File format
STL
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Software
Cura, PrusaSlicer, or similar
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