Fish Feeder

Fish Feeder

Automatically dispenses stored Critter food into the area below.
Dispenses continuously as food is consumed.

Build this feeder above a body of water to feed the fish within.

Research

Ranching

Dimensions

1×3 tiles

Category

Food

Overheat at

75 °C / 167 °F

Decor

-15 (Radius: 3 tiles)

Storage Capacity

Pacu diet, Pacu Fillet: 200 kg

Other Properties

Susceptible to flooding

Materials

Metal Ore

200 kg

Fish Feeder is used to feed Pacus and Jawbos. Fish who eat from the Fish Feeder will receive the "Ate From Feeder" effect after each use, which grants +5 Happiness and -20% Wildness/cycle for 2 cycles. Note wild critters always have +5% Wildness/cycle, so the effective Wildness/cycle is -15% for the purposes of taming.

The Fish Feeder consists of two storage components. The top storage sitting inside the foundation tile is where food is supplied by Duplicants/Auto-Sweepers. The bottom storage sitting below the Feeder (as hinted by its visual indicator) is what and where the fish eats. When this storage is empty, up to 10 kg of food is transferred from the top storage to the bottom storage. Note that neither storages are preserving, which means Food like Sleet Wheat Grain and Pacu Fillet will rot even if kept in Deep Freeze temperatures and Sterile Atmosphere.

In addition, The two cells above its foundation tile can be Flooded. The Fish Feeder itself is also quite susceptible to Liquid Pressure Damage. Pacu and Jawbo feeds from two cells below the Fish Feeder's foundation tile. As long as fish are not flopping or entombed/immobilized by Solid Tiles/Pneumatic Doors, they can feed from the Feeder.

History

• U48-567980: Fish Feeder Ate From Feeder now lasts 2 cycles instead of 1
• Version-???: Fish Feeder database entry no longer references dispensing food once a day

Trivia

• The graphic shows the building occupies 5 tiles -- it is not true. It only occupies 3 tiles. The central tile functions as a solid, floor tile. The feeding "spoon" does not occupy any tile but must be accessible by Pacu.
• Each "nugget" displayed in the Fish Feeder graphic represents 20 kg.
• The visual food indicator is internally referred to as a "ball" of mass

Bugs

Bug report

• The graphic for the feeder will appear full once filled, but won't update when emptied. Once a fish feeder is filled, it will appear full forever.  This can also be done with varying levels of fullness, the graphic will only get more full but will never get less full.
• The dispenser does not dispense "once per day". It will dispense so long as fish are consuming its output.

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