Solar-based aerator with water quality monitoring in vannamei shrimp pond

Abstract

The water quality is vital for the vannamei shrimp pond's productivity. Manual monitoring at Gunung Anyar's vannamei shrimp pond is time-consuming, ineffective, and potentially harmful. In this research, we developed a real-time monitoring system for the water quality of the vannamei shrimp pond. This monitoring system is integrated with a solar-based aerator. To address this, water quality monitoring in a solar-based aerator system tracks the degree of acidity (pH), temperature, and total dissolved solids (TDS) remotely using a website and real-time mobile phone Android application with 98.57% accuracy and 1.43% error. Seven days of data revealed the degree of acidity between 6.92 and 7.34 is indicated poor conditions of the pond While the temperatures from 23.59 °C to 38.32 °C, and TDS from 628.65 to 652.34 ppm indicate the good condition of the shrimp pond. This real-time monitoring system can help vannamei shrimp farmers monitor the actual conditions of their ponds.