Benefits of asking Luxaqua to set up fish tank monitoring at your aquatic research facility:
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Fish tank monitoring with LXA_DATATECH software
We know from experience that the organisation of any research institute is often one of the biggest challenges. From research to maintenance, teams may struggle to communicate efficiently.
We wanted to help.
LXA_DATATECH software monitors the different parameters of your aquatic research installation while providing a collaborative platform for researchers and maintenance technicians.
Our user-friendly interface, available on smartphones and tablets, makes it easy for your teams to use and improve their workflows. Researchers can finally save time and focus on science.
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Fish tank monitoring:
from hardware to software
Our fish tank monitoring solution works hand in hand with aquatic life support systems and any sensor your aquatic research facility may use. It can also send commands to different actuators, such as pumps and automatic valves. LXA_DATATECH allows you to log, display and analyse your facility’s real-time data.
All sensors and actuators are wired to our centralised controller (sometimes their own controller) and managed by our fish tank monitoring software.
- water quality parameters: pH, O2, ORP, salinity, CO2
- water temperature in °C or °F
- water flow in m3/h, l/s or gpm
- water pressure in bars or psi
- water level in cm or inches
- filtration pump ON/OFF or VFD in %
- protein skimmer pump ON/OFF or VFD in %
- reverse osmosis pump ON/OFF
- air & mixing pumps ON/OFF
- automatic solenoid valves Open/Close
- heaters & coolers 3-way valve opening in %
- UV steriliser ON/OFF
- Lights ON/OFF or graduation in %
Suppose your aquatic research facility includes several units with several fish tank rack and life support systems (LSS) with different protocols (research, husbandry or breeding). In that case, LXA_DATATECH can monitor them even with various aquatic animals.
One of our clients runs 17 independent life support systems for nearly 500 tanks of clownfish and cephalopods. With our fish tank monitoring software, they can access data from any of these systems from the same interface on their preferred mobile device.
No matter how complex your aquatic research facility is, we will set up your fish tank monitoring system to your exact needs. The only thing you’ll see is a user-friendly interface.
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Features of LXA_DATATECH
Nothing makes us prouder than when our clients are positively surprised and impressed by how advanced and user-friendly our fish tank monitoring software is.
With LXA_DATATECH, you can:
- Display all your data in real-time, per system, per area or component type
- Control remotely every piece of equipment on all your mobile devices
- Manage user rights to consult and change parameters per system and per role (e.g. administrator, researcher, technician)
- Receive automatic alarms and notifications in case of dysfunction
- Study trends directly into the software thanks to the curve display tool
- Export to Excel to analyse all the data generated by your aquatic research facility
You can control the facility’s parameters per type of component or zone. LXA_DATATECH allows you to check all at once, on the same screen. For instance, you can get an overview of all the water pumps and check if they are operating.
With our fish tank monitoring software, you can clear any doubt without running around your facility.
Checking any instant value is also an impressive way to present your research protocol.
LXA_DATATECH allows remote control of all the pumps, filtration systems, protein skimmers, and lights. Installed on your secured server, LXA_DATATECH can be used by authorised users via a web browser on any device with VPN access.
Relieve yourself from the fear of forgetting to switch off something when you are on the go. You can now check it from anywhere you are.
LXA_DATATECH records all the parameter variations 24/7. It sends alerts anytime something out of scope happens. Our fish tank monitoring solution can also manage signals from leak detectors or error signals from actuators to bring an extra layer of protection to your facility.
Notifications can be sent by email, text message, and even automatic calls. You can relax; if something doesn’t work according to the plan, you will be the first to know.
In addition, you can display downtime as a curve to control the overall reliability of your facility. In case of a power outage, a fail-safe scenario can be managed by the automation we embed in our aquatic life support systems.
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How research facilities use our fish tank monitoring software
Aquatic research facilities can benefit from the features of LXA_DATATECH for experimentation and production (husbandry, breeding or aquaculture).
In the case of experimentation, here are the options LXA_DATATECH gives you to run research protocols:
- Manual input and changes
- Schedule with ON/OFF/AUTO
- Schedule with quick or slow graduation (lighting or temperature, for instance)
- Import scenarios based on natural environment data – under development
- In-house developed software able to meet 100% of research protocols requirements
- User-friendly interface to enhance workflows and save time
- On-site set-up by our team to guarantee operations and delays
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