Friday, 3 October 2025

IoT-Enabled Smart Aquarium System for Automated Feeding and Real-time Monitoring | Chapter 4 | Intelligent IoT Systems: From Research to Real-World Solutions

 

There are significant requirements for environmental monitoring and fish feeding logs when managing an aquarium, which can also be tedious and error-prone for the caregiver/technician. The rapid adoption of Internet of Things (IoT) technologies opens up exciting new opportunities for aquarium management by automating tasks that will allow the environment to remain stable for the aquatic life. This chapter discusses the design and evaluation of a Smart Aquarium System that can automate fish feeding and monitor temperature, pH, turbidity, and water level, as well as real-time connectivity via the cloud. An ESP32-CAM module was also integrated into the system, which transmits live video and images, so fish and how the system is functioning can be observed remotely. The Smart Aquarium system was tested under various operating conditions to evaluate accuracy, responsiveness, and reliability. The results showed it had a feeding accuracy of 96.4%, temperature maintained to a range of ±0.5 °C, pH was reliably detected in the 6.0–8.0 range, turbidity results were reported in NTU units, and the water level stabilised within a range of ±1 cm, respectively. Cloud-based data transfer was accomplished with an average latency of less than 200 ms, which supported effective real-time cloud and local visualisation and control. Safety procedures, such as dry-run prevention for a pump and fault-detection for sensors, were established to enhance reliability. Overall, the results suggest that IoT-based smart aquariums indicate a reduction in manual workload, improve user management of aquatic health and potentially be a low-cost tool for users, including aquaculture operators and hobbyists.

 

 

Author(s) Details

 

Hanamant R Jakaraddi
Department of MCA, Acharya Institute of Technology, Bangalore- 560107, India.

 

Anurag O
Department of MCA, Acharya Institute of Technology, Bangalore- 560107, India.

 

Vivek R Venkatesh
Department of Computer Applications, Acharya Institute of Graduate Studies, Bangalore-560107, India.

 

Please see the book here :- https://doi.org/10.9734/bpi/mono/978-93-88417-94-5/CH4

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