Fish Mate P7000 Pond Fish Feeder

Have only used the feeder for 2 weeks and so far it works well

Delivery from Pet Guys was great. The design of the feeder is also good, but the electronics are not. DON'T BUY!!!!

I'm using this at our 16' x 16' water garden when I'm away.
I did build a metal cage around it to keep the raccoons out.
I would recommend this feeder to everyone.

came just in time.. love it so much. this is my second one.

This feeder is very easy to use and the instructions for the product are easy to follow and can also be found online. You can set several feed times. I did not have a problem with the mechanical operation of the unit. The product came with a house I purchased in Nov. 2013 with a med/small sized pond with 5 large koi. I do not know how old it was at the time the house was purchased. The unit was positioned on a screw on a plank that was leveraged by a large rock on the rear. So, the feeder jutted out over one end of the pond by about a foot. This worked fine. But, I found the unit in the water once in the first six months. I figured an animal such as a possum had pushed it over. I do not recall if the feeder base (which has the display) went into the water or just the feed housing top part. All the food was soaked and ruined. The unit still worked fine, at least for awhile. In September 2015 I tried to adjust the feeding amount and found the LED display was not functioning. It probably had been out for months. I was told by a Pond Supply Store that he had had customers complain that prolonged sun exposure caused the LED display on the Fishmate P7000 to fade. The store owner recommended the Koi Cafe feeder, which is much more expensive. Nonetheless, because the Koi Cafe needs to be hung over the pond, and a pole structure is not possible or desirable in my rocky back yard and I do not have a suitable overhanging tree branch, i am going to replace the bad unit with a new Fishmate P7000 since it is such a good bargain and can be located on the ground. I will put some removable dark tape over the LED to block the sun.

I bought the Fishmate P7000 Pond Food Feeder in early July in preparation for a week away. Having used pond feeder block previously I was concerned to find a complete one in the pond that must have been added the previous year!

I researched a number of automatic feeders and this Pond Mate feeder seemed a good compromise re price\features. However I found some of the reviews regarding ease of assembly & clarity of instructions off-putting, but made the purchase anyway. I'm glad I did. There is no problem on either front - assembly is a doddle, and the instructions are quite clear if you take the trouble to read them.

I had the unit sat on a box in the kitchen for the first few days to ensure the feed quantity and times were reliable. All spot-on.

The feeder was installed outside and has since performed absolutely reliably. I just make sure its topped up, batteries are ok and leave it to it.

As a precaution, I modified a good quality plastic bag to fashion a rain cover for the unit as one reviewer said rain water ingress had affected the LCD display.

For the money this is an excellent product and have no qualms recommending it - in fact I have done so to my local aquatic centre as they had trialed a more expensive unit but weren't happy with it, so I've suggested this to them also.

So far performs great. I would recommend it to a friend. Good design.

Been working very good don't have to worry about feeding fish does it all on his own

Been working very good don't have to worry about feeding fish does it all on his own

it is easy to setup and Fully programmable, but the feeding mechanism did not work when the time was up. I checked the motor was running, then I troubled shooting to find the problem of bearing locked, the motor could not rotate the bearing and feeding mechanism. I did not want to return this item. it is only way I tried to fix it by myself. When I opened the feeder base, I reassembled the bearing position with the motor. This fish feeder has been running smoothly. it is very exceptional case of the manufacturing fault in assembling work.

Was really looking forward to this unit, we travel a good bit. Appears to be a sturdy unit but miserable programming interface. The instructions did not match the unit. Found a youtube video which really helped. We are 'tech savvy' and it just should not be this hard. I guess practice will make it easier. Also be aware that it uses regular C batteries not alkaline.

it worked great for 1 1/2 summers then it started "doubling" and reversing itself and dumping triple amounts of food into the pond fouling everything.
Tried resetting/clearing and of course changing batteries.
i am aftraid to use it while on vacation as I might come home to a dead pond.

Received it two days before leaving for a week. Setup was a little tricky, but everything went well.It tested out well, and after ten days away, I could tell the food volume in the reservoir was decreased appropriately. Very pleased with everything about it.

Bought a second one, thinking 1st one had something wrong. Turned out because I don't find it's as easy to program, it was me. First one is in its third season and still going strong. The seller had the BEST price also!

The P7000 is the only affordable automatic fish food dispenser that is large enough to feed Kois in a pond for at least a couple of weeks. The unit arrived very quickly and the instructions are very easy to follow. So far it appears to be working flawlessly. Overall, I am very satisfied with this purchase.