Just when the fish food thought it was safe...

[ChromeScholar]

The fish feeding. I have no idea what the clicking noise is at the start. I didn't even notice it when shooting the video. It does go away.

 

[Shezbug]

Can I ask what the poly pipe ring is for? It looks like the fish flakes are coming out of the pipes somehow, are they?

 

[zoo mom]

I assume it is to keep the food in one place and to keep it from just being sucked into the filter.

 

[Shezbug]

Yeah that's what I thought too but I also thought I saw what looked like more food appearing? I probably just missed it sitting along the edge which makes me think more food was dispensing.

 

[ChromeScholar]

The ring is to keep the food in one place. That way, if there is food left after a couple of minutes, I can skim it out and keep it from contaminating the pond. I'm still working on it, though. The 3/4" pipe isn't wide enough, and the fish wash the food out of the ring when they attack it. I'm going to try 2", or 3" pipe and see if that works better. I'll probably do a bigger ring, too.