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US 12,604,819 B2Granted
Chaetomorpha reactor, waterfall algae scrubber, and bubble upflow algae scrubber methods and devices
OwnerBryan Harold Farrishinventor
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Abstract
Apparatuses and methods for utilizing different algal growth techniques to filter aquarium water under varying conditions, including freshwater, brackish, and saltwater, and including amounts of nutrients (including ammonia, nitrite, nitrate, phosphate, CO2) which vary from low to high levels. Also disclosed are embodiments to operate above water, submerged, or any combination thereof, in separate or synergistic configurations, as well as embodiments to utilize faster-growing algal species to out-compete and overgrow slower-growing species.
Claims19
Method of increasing photosynthetic water filtration, comprising the steps of:
- growing macroalgae or plant;
- supplying gas bubbles to the macroalgae or plant such that the gas bubbles are directed to travel through and rub strands or leaves of the macroalgae or plant;
- harvesting a portion of the macroalgae or plant including any attached algal growths.
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