Real-time Detection of Dissolved Calcium and other Metals for Healthier Aquatic Systems

Real-time Detection of Dissolved Calcium and other Metals for Healthier Aquatic Systems

New discovery

We have developed a new range of accurate sensing molecules for dissolved calcium.

What problems are we solving?

  • Metals, including calcium, are vital to the health, growth, moulting, and survival of fish, shellfish and seaweed.
  • Current testing methods for dissolved calcium in aquaculture settings trade accuracy for speed. They either slow, expensive and accurate, or fast but inaccurate.
  • This results in poor control and compromised animal welfare, productivity, and profitability.

Our discovery & its applications

  • We have developed a range of novel sensing molecules for dissolved calcium.
  • These molecules deliver accurate, real-time and continuous monitoring of dissolved calcium.
  • Trustworthy, automated, real-time calcium data will improve animal health, yield and sustainability, across the fastest growing food-production sector worldwide.
  • Our novel calcium sensing molecules have a range of potential applications when applied to a substrate:

    – aquaculture – commercial freshwater and saline settings
    – home aquaria
    – environmental monitoring
    – environmental monitoring
    – water supply analysis
    – healthcare

Patent application & Beta testing