IoT Based Fish Pond Monitoring System to Enhance Its Productivity

Abstract

Modernizing fish ponds for agricultural production face major challenges in terms of capital expenditure and operational expenses. Fish farming of particular types of fish species necessitates the fulfilment of several requirements because, like several other living organisms, fish have a precise limit for an assortment of environmental criteria. For the good health and development of the organisms, big farms typically have certain kinds of water surveillance and replacement mechanization systems. To preserve the ecosystems for living fish, the people who work in the fish farming ponds must be active throughout the day. Local farmers who operate on relatively small ponds couldn't afford to compensate employees to manage daily tasks, which typically include keeping an eye on water levels, temperature, and pH levels. As a result, the prime motive for this paper is to monitor and take steps to keep the habitat's eco-friendly environment for specific species of fish, which will decrease the time required for some basic actions. This article puts forth a smart Internet of Things (IoT) based fish pond water monitoring system. Such a smart system consists of several real-time sensors that monitor and send inputs to a microcontroller and the data is stored in a real-time database. The user can track these values through a phone app that is assimilated with the cloud by having them transmitted to the cloud at periodic intervals and this helps the fish pond owners to take required action quickly and effectively when needed. As embedding devices are typically made up of an Arduino board, internet and relay frames, and a computer interface, a farmer could easily source these parts. With the help of this integration system, farmers can reduce operating costs and boost overall effectiveness by avoiding the need to hire employees for their location.