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aF4 Initial Setup

Your comprehensive aF4 setup guide.

Getting Started Video

Welcome to the official getting started guide for the AF4, the world’s first automated frozen fish food feeder, by inD Aquatics! 🎉. In this video, we’ll walk you through everything you need to know to set up your AF4 and start feeding your aquatic f

Unboxing

Start by carefully removing the main unit and the left side box. The box on the left holds all the tubing, which is attached to the aF4. Carefully open (or don't and just rip it off!) the top of the tubing box and pull the coiled tubing free, then sl

Pre-Use Rinse

Take the aF4 and the power supply to a sink. Rinse the reservoir with warm water and fill at least half way. Take the GRAY tube and position it so the water will flow down the drain of a sink, alternatively you can use a large cup or bucket to catch

aF4 Placement and Orientation Considerations

Place the aF4 within range of a power outlet and within 6 feet of where you'd like the food to be dispensed. Make sure to utilize a drip loop. Mount the Tubing according to your aquariums configuration. The included mount is compatible with euro-brac

UI Programming: Feed Time Setting

Feed OffsetThis setting effects the time that the aF4 feeds the aquarium. By default, on the "0" setting, the aF4 will feed every day at the time you initially powered it up.Example:aF4 powered on at 3:00PM.0 Offset - the aF4 will feed at 3:00 PM.-4

UI Programming: Feed Quantity

The aF4 is capable of feeding user selected quantities of food. The measurements are in milliliters. The options are:. (5mL is just under a cube of food. Approximately equivalent to 75% to 95% of a cube of food)

UI Programming: Temperature

The aF4 features a user programmable cold reservoir for storing frozen fish food. There are 5 settings with the left hand side (snowflake side) being the coldest and the right side being the warmest.Settings: from left to right❆(Snowflake) * -1℃ to 0

UI Functions: Feed Now and Auto-Clean

Feed NowThe "Feed Now" button is a feed on demand feature. When you press "Feed Now" the aF4 will trigger a single feed cycle dispensing the user selected feed quantity.Auto-Clean*Do not activate auto-clean while connected to the aquarium!*The auto-c

Loading the aF4 and Food Preparation Techniques

The aF4's reservoir holds 200mL of slurry or approximately 50 cubes of food with saltwater dilution.We have extensively tested the aF4 with cubed frozen fish food and highly recommend loading it with mysis shrimp, brine shrimp, or other similarly siz

Maintaining your aF4

The aF4 self cleans between every feed cycle but periodically some maintenance is required to keep the aF4 operating at peak levels.We recommend at a minimum, doing a couple rinse cycles (outlined in step 2 above) between every reservoir refill. Addi