Passive Acoustic Feeding Control

in Shrimp Aquaculture

“AQ1 Systems is dedicated to creating technology which increases

productivity and reduces environmental impact in Aquaculture.”
WHY SONIC FEEDING?
Majority (90%) of shrimp production cost
can be reduced with effective feeding
- Traditional feeding method relies on
human
- Good feeding requires a lot of
experience, attention, and hard-work
- Bad feeding will require even more
skills to resolve the issues later
- System to help improve feeding
efficiency
Overfeeding
- Waste feed – high FCR
- Toxicity – Ammonia, Nitrite,
Hydrogen-Sulfide
- Unstable water quality – pH swing,
plankton bloom/crash
- Affect shrimp health/survival
- Increase cost of feed, probiotic (or
other water treatment material)
Underfeeding
- Low ADG – longer cycle
- Shrimps go to sludge area for food
- Affect shrimp health/survival
- Increase cost of energy,
maintenance, labor
WHY SONIC? Oxygen

Water Temp Weather

Feeding
Feed
Water Quality Moon Phase
Consumption
Activity

Feed
Health
Composition

Etc.…

Feeding activity already incorporate all factors related to shrimps’ appetite

How it looks?
SF200
SONIC System

Controller Hydrophone Sensor

 SF200 SONIC
System

Rain Sensor ODO Sensor

(optional)

WIFI Antenna VPN Router Feeder

SF200 SONIC
Set Up

500 sqm
200-300 PL/sqm

500,000 PLs (~7.5 ton)

3,000 sqm
Control up to 100+ ponds 70 PL/sqm

100,000 sqm 8,000 sqm

1,000,000 PLs (~15 ton)
25 PL/sqm 100 PL/sqm
 Aerators

Filter out aerator noise

How it works ?
A powerful Algorithm following Shrimp Appetite
SF 200 PC SOFTWARE
Friendly user interface

Daily/hourly feed and environment

report sent to customer daily via email

Data can also be viewed any time on

SF200PC Software
SF200 Aeration and Environmental Control

Control feeding in relation

to oxygen and temperature

Manage aeration to
minimise electricity
costs and optimise
pond conditions
SF200 System – Environmental Control

System stopped feeding when DO <2.5mg/l and temperature >34⁰C

RESULTS…
 Hand Feeding Timer
4X Feeding SF200

FCR 1.55 1.48 1.3

ADG (g/day) 0.18 0.21 0.24
MBW (g) 15.9 22.8 24.5

* Kasetsart Univ Fisheries Research Bulletin 2013, Vol 37(2), http://www.fish.ku.ac.th/pdf/Bulletin37-2-2.pdf

High Density Green House trials in
Thailand and Vietnam
150-300 pcs /m2 Around 16 T. / crop
A recent survey of shrimps farmers (40 farms) using the SF200 shows
major productivity gain in growth, FCR, survival, output per ha compared
to their existing methods
Sound Feeding System – Proven Globally
• Installed at leading farms in 17 countries
• Ponds from 0.05ha to 20ha
• Densities 8 – 350 PL/m²
• 5 species of shrimp
• Return on Investment of 2-6 months in production ponds

New-Caledonia Venezuela
 New Caledonia

Vietnam Saudi Arabia

Venezuela

USA

Ecuador
Thailand
 SONIC Research:
“understanding your shrimp”

Some examples:
➢ Learning how and when your shrimp are
eating during the day:

Example of hourly feed intake average over 1 month in 1 pond showing 2

periods of less feeding activity during the day.
➢ Receive Early Warnings…

- Molting:

Significant decrease in feed

intake with an almost
asynchronous temporal moult
occurring on 3 ponds of similar
sized shrimp on the same farm
 - Disease

•Example of a significant decrease in feed intake over several days

due to microsporidian sp. infestation.
•Some diseases may be more acute and mortality may occur rapidly
over a single day
➢ Understand Pond Water Parameters/Quality
impacts…

Example of temperature drop

impacts on daily feeding
Example of feeding pattern differences at variable
temperature and DO level…

Temp (PM) = 28.2 C DO (PM) = 4.4 mg/L

Temp (PM) = 24.3 C DO (PM) = 3.3 mg/L

➢ Pellet size affect on intake
•5 gm shrimp fed on 2.2mm pellets up to 2/7 then switched to
smaller 1.2mm pellets on 3/7, note the significant increase in
intake when pellets are the desirable size for the shrimp.
➢ Feed Quality (Pellet hardness, composition,…)
Impact on feeding response and performance
Feeder calibration with feed “A” Feeder calibration with feed “B”

Feed “A”
Feed “B”

Calling period Gap: 1hour 40minutes

Calling period

Feed “A”
Feed “B”

Calling period Gap: 1hour 40minutes

Calling period

AQ1 graphs of Feed rate Consumption trial (June 2017):

➢ New shrimp feed quality criteria?
feed consumption rate
Feed Peak activity level
(g/minute)

Type "A" 243.0 504.2

Type "B" 475.6 1984.2

• Feed “B” eaten 95,7% faster than Feed “A”

• Recorded feeding activity level 4 times higher for
Feed “B” than for Feed “A”
SONIC Future

➢ Version 3 – Sound Feeding System

Software Upgrade

➢ Smart Timer Feeders

3rd Party
➢ AQ1 Analytics – Shrimp Farm Cloud Based
Management Software Software or
ERP System
➢ Wireless Acoustic Feeding Systems
AQ1 Five Star Shrimp Feeder
”Excellence in Feeding Delivery”
 Five Star - Smart Timer Feeder

Features
➢ Variable Speed Control of motors
➢ LoRa network comms
➢ Motor protection software
➢ Diagnostics of motor performance
➢ Passes 100% of feed lumps <25mm
➢ Rugged industrial design
➢ Easy to service
➢ AQ1 Feeders are tested and proven in
23 countries

EASILY UPGRADEABLE TO ACOUSTIC FEEDING CONTROL

Smart Networked Feeders
➢ Programmable remotely or pondside
➢ GPS Positioning
➢ Feeder Status advises if feeder is empty or blocked
➢ Motor diagnostics
AQ1 Analytics – Farm Overview
AQ1 Analytics – Production Reports
AQ1 Analytics – Operations Reports
 V3 Admin Level Diagnostics – System State
This change was mainly required for the new AQ1 Analytics but we are now
providing a state graph for Admins and above that shows when a zone moves
in and out of feeding and the reasons why the change happened.
AQ1 Analytics – Feeding Reports
AQ1 Analytics – Feeding Reports
Peter BLYTH
Thomas PIERROT

Sernpong PLIANSREE
Teerasak KINGSHANSILP
E-mail: sernpongp@aq1systems.com
Phone: +66 2 187 2585
Web site: www.aq1systems.com