2. Problem I’m Solving
Isn’t it just annoying to have to remember to feed your
fish everyday. Well now you don’t have to with the
Automatic Fish Feeder. With the Automatic Fish Feeder
you can forget to feed your fish without it dying! You just
have to refill the container of fish food every once in
awhile. This Automatic Fish Feeder is affordable and the
right choice for everyone!
4. How My Product Works
The Automatic Fish Feeder dispenses fish food every 12
hours. It dispenses the food every time it reaches the 6
through a slot on a pill bottle.
5. Testing
I tested my product for a 3 days and recorded the data on
a piece of paper. I tested it by setting it up and checking
everyday to see if the Automatic Fish Feeder was
working (if it didn’t work that day I feed the fish
manually).
6. Materials
A Small Clock
Thin Strong Magnets
A Pen
A Pill Bottle Or A Small Lightweight Container
A Piece Of Paper
Superglue
Tape
A Kitchen Knife
A Needle
Sandpaper
The Fish Food Of Your Choice
7. Steps
Taking the clock apart. First you take off the clock face with
a screwdriver. Then you take the clock hands off of the clock.
Put the clock to the side for now.
To set up the food container, take the end of a needle and
heat it up with fire (parental supervision is advised). Take the
heated needle and create a hole for the fish food to come out
of. Let that cool.
Take the piece of paper and make a grid. Then cut out a
cross like shape from the grid. Tape the cross like shape in a
cube like shape inside the pill bottle, by the place where the
fish food will come out. Put the pill bottle to the side.
8. Steps (continued)
You then would take the pen apart. Measure about 2
centimeters and cut that off with a heated kitchen knife
(parental supervision is advised). After the piece of pen is
cool use sandpaper on the piece of pen to make it smoother.
Superglue the magnet to the piece of pen and superglue a
magnet to the bottom of the pill bottle. Let those dry. Once
they are dry put a rolled up piece of paper in the piece of pen.
Put the magnets together. If the magnets aren’t strong
enough superglue them together but supergluing makes it
harder to refill the fish food. Attach the other side of the pen
to the place on the clock where the hands would go. Put the
fish food in the pill bottle. Optional last step is putting some
kind of weight on the clock if the clock isn’t heavy enough to
support the weight of the fish food in the pill bottle.
9. Results
Day one two three
Results It worked properly.
Dispensing
enough food for
the fish to eat but
not too much.
It worked the same
as it did the day
before.
It worked
properly.
10. Problems Encountered
I encountered the problem of actually starting to build
the project. I also couldn’t find magnets that I could use
so I used magnetic tape. The magnetic tape wasn’t
magnetic enough so I had to superglue the magnetic
tape together instead. The clock was also lighter than the
container with fish food so it would fall but I put a
weight on top of the clock so it would be heavier.
11. .
I chose this project because I wanted to get a fish and it
sounded interesting when I thought of it. I enjoyed
actually making The Automatic Fish Feeder. I learned
that superglue is annoying to get off your fingers and to
use a heavier clock next time. I enjoyed finishing
building the project and seeing it work the way I wanted
it to.
12. Acknowledgments
I would like to thank my mom and dad for buying the
fish for my project. And for buying the materials for The
Automatic Fish Feeder. I would also like to thank Kendra
for cutting a hole in the pill bottle with a heated needle.
