Design and Development of Wireless Sensor Network System to Monitor Parameters Influencing Freshwater Fishes

In this paper we have designed, developed and proposed a prototype Wireless Sensor Network (WSN) System to monitor the Fish Farm. Salinity of the fresh water is a prominent parameter and is responsible for the difference in environment from marine conditions. Salt is an effective ingredient for fishes in fighting disease, parasites and chemical poisoning. The pH is equally a key parameter which influences the environment where fishes live. Generally, the fishes can live in pH ranges from 6.0 to 9.0, but their quality of life is best between pH 7.0 to 8.0. The change in the value of pH even by a small amount will be more stressful for fish. The temperature is other parameter which decides the value of pH and in turn affects the fishes. The developed prototype WSN system monitors these three parameters affecting the fresh water fishes. The open source technology-ARDUINO (open electronics prototype and open source) is used to develop the system. KeywordspH, Salinity, Temperature, Wireless Sensor Network (WSN), Fishfarm, ZIGBEE, XBEE, ARDUINO