Controllable LED by Using Smartphone Android for Aquascape Environmental Treatment

Abstract

Aquascaping is a branch of art by arranging and creating a closed environment in an aquarium ecosystem. Aquascape uses living plants as the main element with fishes, shrimps, snails as the additional element. Plants need light to carry out photosynthesis. However, the light needed has certain parameters and quantities for each type of plants. If the light used is less than the needs of the plants, the plants will not grow up properly, however if the light given exceeds the ability of plants to absorb, algae will start to grow. In this study, an LED device that can emit the light needed by the plants will be developed. The light emitted by this device will be adjusted to the types of plants grown and the light around the aquarium environment. In this study, an application based on an android smartphone will also be developed. This will be used by users to choose the intensity of light that will be emitted by the device according to the type of plants grown in the aquarium. The device developed has been successful in maintaining the light emitted according to the light needed by the plants and the influence of light around the aquarium.