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AQUASMART: AUTOMATED AQUARIUM MANAGEMENT SYSTEM Vijayalekshmi G1, Feba K Binu2, Gowri Sunil3, Lekshmi Dev 4, Noel Philip5, Sanjana Rajeev6 1Assistant Professor, Dept
of Electronics and Communication Engineering, SJCET Palai, Kerala, India
2,3,4,5,6 UG Student, Dept of Electronics and Communication Engineering, SJCET Palai, Kerala, India
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capability is particularly advantageous in larger-scale applications such as fish farms, laboratories, or pet stores, where monitoring many tanks manually would be a tedious effort. In conclusion, an Automated Water Level and Quality Control System offers a highly effective and intelligent solution for maintaining aquariums with minimal human intervention. By integrating sensors, microcontrollers, pumps, and displays, this system ensures that essential water parameters such as level, acidity, and clarity are continuously monitored and controlled. The ability to automatically refill, drain, and clean the aquarium promotes a healthier aquatic environment, making it an ideal solution for home aquariums, pet stores, research facilities, and fish farms. This innovative system simplifies aquarium management, enhances efficiency, reduces human dependency,and ensures the long-term stability of aquatic ecosystems.
tanks, which require proper setup and maintenance to ensure the fish live comfortable and long lives . Therefore proper attention should be given to ensure optimal conditions and improve water quality in aquarium tanks. The project automates water level contolling and quality maintenance by integrating various components and an ESP32 WROOM 32 microcontroller. The components incorporated into the design are water level sensors, pH and turbidity sensors, relays, solenoid valve, and a waterpump. These components work together effectively to regulate inflow and outflow automatically based on sensor readings. In summary, this automated system makes aquarium management more efficient, ensures healthier aquatic life, and promotes sustainability by reducing human effort, conserving resources, and maintaining optimal conditions for fishes.
Key Words: Smart Aquarium System, Water quality
LITERATURE REVIEW
monitoring, Automated Aquarium Maintenance.
[1] L.-B. Chen, Y.-H. Liu, X.-R. Huang, W.-H. Chen, and W.-C. Wang, “Design and implementation of a smart seawater aquarium system based on artificial intelligence things technology,” IEEE Sensors Journal, vol. 22, no. 20, pp. 19908–19918, 2022 This study presents the development of an automated seawater aquarium system that incorporates artificial intelligence for efficient water quality management. The research highlights methods for regulating parameters like pH and turbidity to ensure a stable aquatic environment. The insights from this study help in designing precise control mechanisms for our project.
INTRODUCTION For aquatic life to thrive in their carefully maintained home,they require ongoing monitoring and maintenance of water. Maintaining optimal water levels and quality is essential tothe health and well-being of the fish and other marine life in the tank. Even slight deviations in environmental features, including changes in water levels, acidity, or clarity, can have a negative impact on aquatic life. If these factors are not man- aged, the aquatic inhabitants may suffer from stress, disease, or even pass away. Traditional aquarium care methods include routine manual monitoring and intervention, which can betime-consuming and difficult. While manual tank maintenance is pleasurable for many aquarium hobbyists, it is sometimes impracticable for others with busy schedules. Additionally, larger aquariums, such as those found in pet stores, research institutes, etc., require a more advanced technology. The installation of an Automated Water Level and Quality Control System is a creative and practical solution to cope with these difficulties. By integrating several sensors we can continuously monitor the water level and water quality parameters thusreducing the human intervention. In order to control water conditions, the system comprises of a number of sensors and control systems such as an ultrasonic sensor, pH sensor, turbidity sensor, microcontroller, LCD display, water pumps, and solenoid valves. The real-time monitoring capabilities allows aquarium owners to observe updated water condition parameters on an LCD display, ensuring comprehensive
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[2] J.-H. Chen, W.-T. Sung, and G.-Y. Lin, “Automated monitoring system for the fish farm aquaculture environment,” in 2015 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, pp. 1161–1166, IEEE, 2015..This paper discusses an automated system for monitoring water quality in fish farms. The system focuses on measuring pH levels, dissolved oxygen, and other essential parameters. The techniques explored in this study are relevant to our aquarium monitoring system, particularly for maintaining water quality stability. [3] Y.-B. Lin and H.-C. Tseng, “Fishtalk: An iot-based mini aquarium system,” IEEE Access, vol. 7, pp. 35457–35469, 2019. This study introduces a compact, automated miniaquarium system designed to maintain optimal water conditions. It discusses different sensor-based approaches
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