AUTOMATIC AQUARIUM FISH FEEDER A Project Study Presented to the Faculty of the College of Technology University of Southeastern Philippines Obrero, Davao City In Partial Fulfillment of the requirements for the degree Bachelor in Computer Technology AARON OLIVER R. BANGUIS JOHN MARTIN O. VALERO JEAN G. PAROHINOG JEFFREY M. MACEDA KHAMAR B. BATARA
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AUTOMATIC AQUARIUM FISH FEEDER
A Project Study
Presented to the Faculty of the
College of Technology
University of Southeastern Philippines
Obrero, Davao City
In Partial Fulfillment
of the requirements for the degree
Bachelor in Computer Technology
AARON OLIVER R. BANGUISJOHN MARTIN O. VALERO
JEAN G. PAROHINOGJEFFREY M. MACEDAKHAMAR B. BATARA
November 2009
APPROVAL SHEET
This Project Study entitled “AUTOMATIC AQUARIUM FISH FEEDER” prepared and submitted by, Aaron Oliver R. Banguis, John Martin O. Valero, Jean G. Parohinog, Jeffrey M. Maceda, Khamar B. Batara in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree, Bachelor in Computer Technology, has been examined and recommended for approval and acceptance.
ROBERTO A. DENILA, MTAdviser
PANEL OF EXAMINERS
APPROVED by the Committee on Oral Examination with a grade of ___1.5___.
MICHAEL G. CALAGO, MVE MICHAEL V. MACHICA, MIT
Chairman Member
ACCEPTED in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree, Bachelor in Computer Technology.
ROBERTO A. DENILA, MT ANNWEDA C. MINA, Ed.D
Program Head Dean
ACKNOWLEDGMENT
Our deepest gratitude and appreciation to the following persons
who helped us in different ways to make our undertakings came to
reality;
We would like to thank our Almighty God for giving us the
knowledge and strength in fulfilling this research;
The College of Technology Dean, Dr. Annweda C. Mina, for her
approval of this study;
To Mr. Jayson T. Sasotil our subject adviser for his untiring
support, patience, guidance and as well as his encouragement which
helped us a lot in improving our project study;
To Prof. Roberto A. Denila, who gave his patience, brilliant
opinions and constructive criticisms that made this study possible and
advice that contributed much to the improvement and success of the
study;
To Mr. Michael G. Calago and Engr. Michael V. Machica for their
critical evaluations and suggestions for the betterment of the project;
To our fellow students, classmates and friends for giving us their
time and ideas in making this research;
To our loving and understanding families; for their underlying
sacrifices, financial and moral support, for without them this research
would not be made into reality.
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The Researchers
ABSTRACT
The project study entitled “Automatic Aquarium Fish
Feeder”. Feeding the animals is one of the essential missions of man
here on Earth. For animals needed the care of human to live, even
though they can live on there own. As man have the power to rule over
the things but not to abuse it. Pet is what the usual call of the animals
being took care of man. One of man’s favorite pet is fishes. In which
are kept in the aquarium tank to be seen by many people as
decorations or a lucky charm for business men, others just love to have
one. This project study is focused on designing, constructing and
testing its functionality an Automatic Aquarium Fish Feeder that would
feed the different types of fishes with a microcontroller that would
serve as an alarm clock to feed the fishes.
The completed project would help hobbyist having fun with
friends, window shopping for an hour or having a long time vacation
without having to worry about their pets and the health of the fishes.
The project study findings revealed that the device can be used
as an effective feeding device for aqua culture and aquarium
enthusiast in keeping their pets well nourish and providing them the
exact nutrients their pet needs. They can also include any medicinal
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food, when their pets got sick. So they can sell their fishes on a higher
value as the time comes.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
PAGE
TITLE PAGE i
APPROVAL SHEET ii
ACKNOWLEDGMENT iii
ABSTRACT iv
TABLE OF CONTENTS v
LIST OF TABLES vii
LIST OF FIGURES viii
CHAPTER
1 INTRODUCTION
A. Origin and Justification 1
B. Objectives of the Study 2
C. Scope and Delimitation of the Project Study 2
2 RELATED LITERATURE AND CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK
A. Review of Related Literature 3
B. Review of Related Studies 6
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C. Conceptual Model 8
D. Definition of Variables 9
3 DEVELOPMENT OF THE STUDY
A. Project Profile 10
B. Supplies and Materials 11
C. Tools and Equipment 12
D. Construction Procedures 14
E. Try-out and Revision 20
F. Construction Time Frame 21
G. Summary of the Sources of Cost 22
4 DESCRIPTION OF THE COMPLETED PROJECT
A. Structure 23
1. Features 23
B. Parts, Functions and Interrelationships 24
5 SUMMARY, CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS
A. Summary 26
B. Conclusion 26
C. Recommendations 26
Bibliography 28
Curriculum Vitae
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LIST OF TABLES
Table Description Page
1 Supplies and Materials 12
2 Tools and Equipments 13
3 Try-out and Revision 17
4 Construction Time Frame 18
5 Summary of the Sources and Costs 19
6 Major Components 22
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LIST OF FIGURES
Figure Description Page
1 Conceptual Model of the Study 9
2 Schematic Diagram of the Project 16
3 Completed Project 17a
4 Interrelationship of the Parts 21
Chapter 1
INTRODUCTION
This chapter includes the origin and justification of the study,
objectives, significance, scope and delimitation.
A. Origin and Justification
Feeding the animals is one of the essential missions of man here
on Earth. For animals needed the care of human to live, even though
they can live on there own. As man have the power to rule over the
things but not to abuse it. Pet is what the usual call of the animals
being took care of man. One of man’s favorite pet is fishes. In which
are kept in the aquarium tank to be seen by many people as
decorations or a lucky charm for business men, others just love to have
one. Aquarium fishes is always been a popular hobby. Be it in your
home or in your office, a beautiful fish tank is indeed a wonderful sight.
An aquarium is a tank, pool or bowl filled with water for keeping
live fish and underwater animals. Appropriate water quality and other
characteristics suitable for the aquarium’s residents. And with this
equipments it would not only benefited the human to its mission for
the betterment of all species especially the fish pet, to make their lives
grow longer and keep their health in good condition.
B. Objectives of the study
1. To design and construct an Automatic Aquarium Fish Feeder.
2. To test the functionality of the Automatic Aquarium Fish Feeder.
3. To revise defects found during testing.
C. Scope and Delimitation of the Study
This device is operated by AC to DC adapter with a 12V supply
that could be able to change the contacts of the relay to switch the
12V motor ON and open the close sliding door of the device while the
spring will prevent it to rotate 360 degrees. It has an LPT male port to
be connected to the computer printer to control the time of the feeding
process. The program has to feed the fish in the aquarium either, for
two times a day which is equal to 12 hours a day or three times a day
or every eight hours. Varies on the types of the fishes to feed, whether
it is big or small fishes.
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Chapter 2
REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE AND RELATED STUDIES
A. Review of the Related Literature
The researchers come up with the idea of having this project
study through the aid of the following related literatures and studies.
Feeds and feeding of fish depend upon the type of farming system
used: extensive, semi-intensive or intensive. In the first two systems,
fish derive all or a substantial part of their nutrients from natural food
organisms in culture ponds. Fish and shrimp maintained in intensive
fish culture systems (tanks, raceways and cages) are totally dependent
on the provision of nutritionally complete diets produced in either a dry
or a semi-moist form. Formulated feeds are produced either by steam
or cold pressure pellets or by an extrusion process in various physical
forms and shape and of different buoyancies (floating, slow- or fast-
sinking). For example, catfish, salmon and shrimp require floating,
slow-sinking and fast-sinking feeds, respectively. Proper feed
distribution in necessary to achieve a better feed efficiency.
M. F. Fuller, (2004) proved that the body temperature and
metabolic rate of cold-blooded fish are commensurate with the water
temperature. The amount of feed offered to fish per day has been
based on feeding tables developed on the basis of a percentage of
body weight and water temperature. Small fish, often called fry or
fingerlings, require feed at a greater percentage of their body weight
(greater than five percent) per day than large fish. Demand or ad
libitum feeding is commonly used in hatcheries where demand feeders
dispense small quantities of feed when activated by the fish. Automatic
feeders or hand feeding are used to feed fish in tanks or sea cages and
their feeding behavior may be monitored by video cameras. Frequency
of feeding is important: larval fish and fry are offered a small amount
of feed more than 12 times per day and the frequency is gradually
decreased to one to three times per day more time is required to feed
fish at low temperatures.
Mosig, et al., (2004) explain that another mechanical feeding
option to have an automatic feeders set over the ponds, cages or
tanks. These can be timed to deliver a given amount of feed at set
times. Some species will learn to trigger a release lever that will enable
them to feed on demand and there are self-feeders designed and built
for this purpose, although these systems fell out of favor when it was
found that some fish triggered the feed release lever to relieve
boredom, rather than to get something to eat. Automatic feeders have
had a mixed reception. They have worked well indoors on re-circulation
units but have been found to clog up in an open pond situation. The
timing of when to deliver food is also crucial and must be set to match
the feeding pond. If the feed input doesn’t match the biomass in the
pond, the result will be under or overfeeding. Underfeeding will see a
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loss of production as the dominant fish will hog the food and the others
will fall away. Overfeeding will load the water column with excess
nutrients, degrading water quality.
Hargrove et al., (2006) stated an example, that a danios need to
be fed often because they have high metabolism rates. Their high
activity level burns off food quickly. If you have a very clean system
there may not be adequate amounts of natural foods, such as algae, to
provide the fish with something to tide them over until their next
scheduled feeding. Give danios an extra feeding every day. Here are a
few examples of how some species eat (remember, this may vary
slightly depending on the age and temperament of your fish heavy
eaters like tiger barb, swordtail, Oscar, convict cichlid. Medium eaters
such as guppy, gouramis, angelfish, cory. Light eaters like balloon