DEVELOPMENT OF E-INTERFACE GADGET FOR DOMESTIC LEVEL FRESHWATER AQUARIUM

Growing fish in an aquarium is a hobby for all age groups. It needs much of time and attention in daily life. Water quality is one of the most overlooked aspects in aquarium monitoring. The major water quality parameters are pH, temperature, total dissolved oxygen and ammonia. Conventional methods are time consuming and laborious. Hence, electronic interface gadget is designed to overlook the conventional methods and to maintain the fish health by automating the water quality parameters in the domestic fresh water aquarium.

The present study was aimed to investigate the performance of the developed e-interface gadget in domestic freshwater aquarium. There are five smart sensors (temperature, pH, dissolved oxygen, ammonia and water leak) set inside the aquarium tank.All the sensors are calibrated with the required aquarium setup and the sensors are interfaced with Ardino Mega microcontroller (Fig. 1).

Software algorithm is designed to the read the values from the hardware device such as sensors and display in the serial port monitor. It displays temperature, pH, dissolved oxygen, water leakage and ammonia level present in the water through the LCD Display connected to the Ardino Mega microcontroller. The upper and lower threshold limits are set in the algorithm, when the values go beyond the limit, the buzzer is set on and alerts the fish keepers (Fig. 2 & 3).

The gadget is accurate and monitors the vital parameters of fish health in the aquarium. Immediate results are shown in the display which helps the fish keepers to save the fish life.

Most importantly, the health of the fish inside the aquarium is maintained and the survival rate of fish could be higher. The developed e-interface gadget will save our time, manpower and for easily monitoring.