Patent ID: 6938652

Claim:
A fish feeding apparatus comprising: a housing having a bottom wall and a peripheral wall being attached to and extending upwardly from said bottom wall, said bottom wall having a feed opening extending therethrough, an upper edge of said peripheral wall defining a fill opening into said housing; a funnel being mounted in said housing and dividing an upper portion of said housing from a lower portion of said housing, said funnel having pour opening therein, said pour opening being unaligned with said feed opening; a conveyor belt assembly being mounted within said housing and positioned beneath and adjacent to said pour opening, said conveyor belt assembly including a conveyor belt extending over said feed opening; a motor being mechanically coupled to said conveyor belt assembly for selectively rotating said conveyor belt in first direction such that an upper portion of said conveyor belt moves toward said front wall, wherein fish food may be positioned in said funnel such that the fish food is positioned onto the upper portion of said conveyor belt, wherein the fish food falls through the feed opening when said conveyor belt is rotated; a control being operationally coupled to said motor, said control including a first actuator for selectively determining a number of times said motor is turned on per 24 hours, said control including a second actuator for selectively determining an amount of time said motor is turned on each time said motor is turned on; and a plurality of brackets being attached to said peripheral wall for selectively mounting said housing on a fish tank.