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4-A Survey On Automatic Feeder System For Aqua Farming by Using Arduino
4-A Survey On Automatic Feeder System For Aqua Farming by Using Arduino
Abstract—In this paper, discussed about the critical roles are farming can be Monitored diligently, shrimp farming
are played by feed processing techniques in aqua farming. done perfectly. In many countries, aquaculture—an industry
However, some challenges have to be overcome for a perfectly that is quickly expanding—contributes to food security and
level aqua farming. These are three parameters such as Feed the reduction of poverty. One of the most crucial factors in
Management, Labor Management, and Power Management. A the growth and production of shrimp is feeding. The
proper balancing of these parameters allows for continuous management of feeding systems is a significant issue for the
monitoring the aqua farming. This paper reviewed the various development of aquaculture. With more advanced
solutions for better aqua farming along with their respective technology, aquaculture practices could become more
range and specifications.
productive and profitable.
Keywords— Feeders; Feed dispenser; Feed motors; Aquaculture. Designing, developing, and building automatic feeding
equipment has become necessary to meet feeding needs and
I. INTRODUCTION minimize the need for labour. Feed management and
environmental management have an impact on the success of
Feed management is the most crucial factor because it
shrimp farming. Effective feeding is necessary for shrimp
accounts for nearly 50% of all farming expenses. Pond
life and should not be overdone. It must be kept within the
quality and the bottom surface can be suitably maintained by
ideal range, together with the temperature and dissolved
limiting excessive feed consumption. As a result, there is a
oxygen levels. Over the past few years, a number of
greater likelihood of producing healthy shrimp. In the shrimp
automatic shrimp feeders have been created using Arduino
cultivation having a chances of unhealthy in soil and growth Uno to reduce the labour-intensive nature of shrimp
diseases and potential of hydrogen (pH) level of water will aquaculture.
rises a unusual yield cultivation [1]. Since we cannot
estimate the quality of shrimp alive underwater, we usually The automatic feeders are made to be as flexible as
damage pond bottoms excessively. This seriously harms the possible so that they can be used both independently and as
farms' productivity and spreads many diseases to the shrimp. an integral part of a fully integrated packing process [4]. For
In the end, the anticipated yield is not achieved, and all the fish/shrimp ponds to monitor the system and react right away
hard work is for naught. As an illustration, even if we to any abnormal changes, effective management is required.
provide 5 tons of feed. Normally we can able to harvest only Fish/shrimp growth issues may result from any
2 tons of shrimp. To overcome all these challenges are tried environmental changes. But the salinity levels are change
different feeding methods over the years. Recently we depending up on the sunlight, shrimp food or salts in the
deployed auto-feeders with Shrimp technology that water the tiger shrimp and white shrimps, the salinity level is
technology will help us overcome these challenges without between the 20ppt to 26ppt (parts per thousand) [5]. The
wasting the feed. salinity is naturally vary by much 2ppt in one day [6].
Technology breakthroughs in monitoring and automation
Because of the improved DO (Dissolved oxygen) levels
have led to improvements in aquaculture's production
and water parameters, we are confident that we will be able methods, resulting in increased fish output in huge quantities
to grow good-quality Shrimp. Since the 1960's the yearly with better-quality fish farming ponds. One of the many
average fish consumption is almost doubled from 10kg to 20 artificial ecosystems created by humans is the fish farming
kg [2]. But Asia supplies the almost 90% of aqua farming pond [7]. The water plays a major role for fish or shrimp
products globally [2].Giving an extra feed, it will cause of
farming. It is very important balance a water temperature in
death and wasting the feed. So, the feeding functioning can
ponds [7]. Depending up on the season, the effect of water
be measure by changes in the acceleration [3]. The major
pH value and salinity and temperature are changed from time
challenge of shrimp farming is feed management, Power
to time. So, the season effects shrimp growth rate and
Management, and labour Management. The three Parameters
decreases the pH level of the pond [7]. So, the water quality
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quantity setting. The stock feed bowl is likewise fitted with a that recognizes the changes in the power supply. So, it is a
sensor, and if its height is barely one-quarter that of the bowl, form of an integrated circuit. To design the automatic feeder.
the microcontroller will alert the user of the availability of An ATMEGA328 microcontroller with an Arduino Uno has
feel via sins. used.
2) An Automatic Aerator: AC motor to provide the moment in the feed system
The aerator will monitor and show on LCDs placed control by use of the ac motor, the feed will move to the
outside the pond the pond's temperature, salinity, and oxygen container and is stored in the feed controller and dispensed
levels. The device has a DO sensor fitted underneath it to the shrimp feed with the machine. The feed controller has an
gauge the water's oxygen content attached to the opening or closing door mechanism that gives feed to the
microcontroller is a DO sensor. The sensor will send a shrimp. Hence, it distributes by the dispenser motor and
message to the microcontroller to turn on the aerator when provides movement to the feed. The objective is to
the DO state gets close to the tolerance limit. Additionally, a implement an automatic feeder to feed shrimps with less
temperature sensor is mounted below the apparatus to gauge duration and within a specific distance. The feeder system is
the water's temperature. The aerator will automatically turn suitable for shrimp feeding [19].
on when the temperature falls below the ideal level. When
the measured port of the sensor is in optimal condition, the Enter Mode 1
aerator will automatically shut off. An AC motor with a 1/2
HP is employed in the actor. The main aim of installing and
operating the aerators is to supply the oxygen and it is also
purify the water [14] - [17].But these aerators can generate Enter Next Time
the water circulation up to 15cm to 10cm [18].
3) Solar Tracker Panel:
In this system, all of the system's components are Read Program
powered by solar energy, a renewable resource. A 450 WP
dual-axis solar tracker panel quantity is used to power. An
actuator, solar sensor, installed photovoltaic (PV) panel,
charging system, voltage sensor, and current sensors make Set Yes
up the solar panel. This system actuator consists of DC Flag
electric daytime motors and a motor control system that uses
a microcontroller to direct the movement of the PV panel. No Set next flag
Voltage from the solar sensor was now an input for the
actuator. In this case, four small PVs installed on PV panels
serve as solar sensors. It will activate an actuator to move the Check timings
PV panel in two axes to monitor the position of the sun to
obtain the best voltage when the solar voltage from its sensor
is lower than the reference. In ideal circumstances, the panel
would then transform the sunlight's oxygen levels into a Next time = Present time
voltage that would be stored in batteries that were situated in
CDs. To manage the voltage and current flowing into the DO
sensor, voltage, and current sensors have been included in
the actuator and charging system [17]. Motor on
E. Design of an Automatic Shrimps Feeder Using GSM. Fig. 2. Flow chart representation for Motor ON Condition.
Power
Supply F. Development of a Prototype of an Automatic System for
Shrimp Farming using Telecontrol as a Viable Proposal
for Small Producers.
LCD In this paper, the author HC-SR04 module detects things
Display in close proximity to the source, whether they are a few
Keypad Arduino centimetres or many meters away. The measurement method
Uno relies on transmitting an audio signal with a high frequency
AC that is undetectable in human hearing. These signals are
Motor transmitted utilising a transducer, which is typically spherical
in form, and is picked up by another transducer when it
bounces off of an obstruction in its path.
Fig. 1. Block diagram for GSM based Shrimp Feeder.
1) Oxygen Sensor, Atlas Scientific :
In this paper, the originator proposed a shrimp feeder Using this sensor, one of the key aquatic environment
using an Arduino UNO. It feeds the shrimps, but it is a indicators: the dissolved oxygen concentration in water. The
standstill machine. It cannot move (or) rotate to feed the dissolved oxygen sensor has three parts: the EZO D.O.
shrimps. An LCD of (16*2) is for monitoring the system Circuit, a signal adaptation circuit, and a probe. Dimensions
condition. The real-time clock provides the current time and of the dissolved oxygen probe are shown, as well as EZO
data to the System. RTC of DS1307 is a power sense circuit D.O. circuit connections to a microcontroller.
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2) Temperature sensor DS18B20 Waterproof: fish only live in freshwater. There are so many types of fish
In moist environments, the DS18B20 detects that are Grown all food is improper, due to less time, which
temperature. It features a metallic layer to function even in will cause an economic loss in farming. Because of this
the presence of water. It has a maximum measurement range imperfection of feeding the food to the fish, it will cause
of 125 Celsius. To prevent deterioration caused by cable death by hungry. So, the feed will be distributed every eight
distance, the signal being measured is delivered digitally. It hours by use of an automatic fish feeder The system can
contains There are two power ports and one data port monitor the fish while feeding, but the detection of fish
transmission. behaviour is based on the light condition. So computer vision
is best for monitoring the fish, the feeding behaviour is
3) Servo Motor: observed by monitoring the changes in water ripples caused
A device that can be placed in a specific spot and whose by fish when it is hungry. The fish activity is measured based
speed and position can be controlled. It looks like a direct- on the gasping behaviour. The experiment is conducted on
current electric motor. A servomotor consists of an electric the 5 Nile fishes. The system is designed with a container
motor, a control system, and a gearbox. The cable connected which places the fish feed and a servo motor to feed the fish.
to the control circuit sends control information like the The sensor floats on the surface of the water, Whenever the
movement's speed, force, polarity, and angle. When an fish are moving on the water's surface, by sensing the water
engine turns, like when pulse code modulation is used, the ripples it will dispense the feed. the sensor GY-521, MPU-
angle of movement shows how long a pulse code modulation 6050 connected by Arc interface. the average consumption
lasts (PCM). Position is determined by a pulse that is of feed is 46.6 grams. The servo motor is set at 45degrees,
received every 20 milliseconds. If the pulse is shorter than the value lid is open for 3 seconds and only 20 times a day
1.5 milliseconds, the motor will move to a position close to 0 [21].
degrees. If the pulse lasts 1.5 milliseconds, the servomotor
will be at a 90 degree angle in the middle. If the pulse lasts H. Design of Water Environment Monitoring System based
for more than 2 milliseconds, the servomotor will turn 180 on Wireless Sensor Networks.
degrees.
In this paper, the author talks about the water
4) Aerator System: environment, which is made up of the water environment on
For shrimp to survive, this system is essential. The the surface and the water environment below the surface.
monitoring system sends data to the telecontrol system. Wireless Sensor Network is the basis for the system that is
When the oxygen level is very low, it's possible to figure out being proposed. There are three parts to it.
when the aerator should start running automatically, without
any input from the user, until it reaches the right level.. A 1. Data Monitoring Nodes.
relay run by a Raspberry pi was used to simulate the system. 2. Data Base Station.
To aerate the pool, a relay is attached to an oxygen pump.
3. Monitoring station far away.
5) Feeding System:
The supply of food during specific times can be managed
TABLE I. EFFECT OF DIFFERENT PH VALUES FOR FISH/SHRIMPS.
thanks to this block. To prevent waste, it depends on what
stage of development the species is in and the typical pH Effect
biomass weight of the species. Water quality declines
without proper food supply regulation, resulting in illnesses. 4 Acid Death Point
In the design of an automatic aerator system, the Arduino 4-5 No Reproduction
Mega 2560 will process a timer that has been set to a certain
time and control a timer that is DS3231 RTC. 5-6.5 Low Growth
Desirable range for
The microcontroller will be set up so that it can control 6.5-9
Reproduction
the relay. On the 16x2 LCD, the results of relay control are 9-10 Low Growth
shown. Based on the timer, the microcontroller will send
either a 1 or a 0 to the relay, which will make it work. The >10 Alkaline Death Point
aerator's current cable is connected to the common pin, and
the relay normally opens when the pin is connected. Then the
current cable and the ground on the aerator are connected to The data base station is made up of things like pH,
the AC current voltage. So that the activity of turning on and temperature, and oxygen levels. Through a GPRS network,
turning off the aerator. Renewable energy sources with data from the monitoring nodes is sent from the base station
intermittent nature are used to meet the load requirement in to a monitoring centre. The monitoring centre looks at the
shrimp farms, yet these facilities need a steady electricity parameters of the water quality and sends that information to
supply without extended blackouts. Therefore, it is crucial to an alarm for emergencies like contaminated water. Through
properly plan the capacity of system components including the Internet, the end user can do everything detection in the
wind turbines, arrays of PV cells, batteries, and electrolyzes. water area. [22].
The models for the system's parts are made with optimization
in mind [20]. I. Water Quality Forecasting in Shrimp Cultures based on
Monte Carlo tree search.
G. Development of Automatic Fish Feeding System based In this paper, the author mainly consider the four key
on Gasping Behaviour. properties. Those are:
In this paper, the author mostly discussed the Nile-bred 1. Temperature.
fish in Indonesia. It is mostly grown in Indonesia. The Nile
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2. pH. 2. pH.
3. Dissolved oxygen. 3. Dissolved Oxygen.
4. Salinity. 4. Salinity.
There are two main categories, that are utilised to
measure the water quality by physically and chemically.
Were taken, including the temperature, turbidity, colour, and
level of water Chemical Parameters: Acidity degree (pH),
salinity, and dissolved oxygen level [25].
3. Systems for contacting pure oxygen. TABLE III. COMPARISION OF VARIOUS TECHNIQUES
Most farmers use propeller aerators because they are so Title Observations
good at moving water and oxygen around. On the other hand, A Novel Design of Feeder System In this system to design a constant
for Aqua Culture Suitable for feeder. So more feed will be wasted
shrimp can be set up and run with solar thermal panels and Shrimp Farming. and soil content overall decompose.
other renewable energy sources instead of traditional power Proposed Design of an Automatic In this system to design combining
sources. So, the main goal of this paper is to show the best Feeder and Aerator Systems for of feeder and aerator. So both are
way to design an advanced aeration system that uses Shrimps Farming. working at same time, but shrimp
renewable energy to run an electrolyser and make pure farming most of the conditions
oxygen for changing the DO level in shrimp ponds. [24]. aerators are not operate in feeding
conditions.
Smart Monitoring System for Pond To design an individual sensors are
K. Design of Water Quality Control for Shrimp Pond using Management and Automation in used on every individual
Sensor-Cloud Integration. Aquaculture. parameters, So the initial cost is
very high. In case damage of any
In this paper, the author discussed mainly four key sensors for wet conditions can
properties. Those are: replace the overall system. And
maintenance cost is increased.
1. Temperature.
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