Instrument: Automated Larval Fish Rearing System

The Automated Larval Fish Rearing System (ALFiRiS) was self-designed and assembled in the Rankin Lab at the University of Connecticut Avery Point. It consists of a 3 x 3 array of recirculating units (600 liters/150 gallons) that have independent computer-control over their temperature, oxygen, and pH conditions.

The system was designed to sequentially monitor tank conditions via industrial-grade oxygen and pH sensors (Hach) and then control gas solenoids (air, N2, CO2) to maintain and modulate environmental conditions. The system can apply static as well as fluctuating conditions on diel and tidal scales. Computerized temperature control allows simulating heatwaves and other non-static thermal regimes.

More information can be found at https://befel.marinesciences.uconn.edu/alfiris/