US 2018/0279587 A1Published application

Special Fish Tank System to Raise and Sell Saltwater Fish

OwnerKenneth Ray Comptoninventor

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Abstract

A special fish tank system to commercially raise and to sell salt-water fish which uses tidal changes to replenish the seawater and remove stale water from the fish raising environment. This system also known as fish-farming or mariculture is for the raising of fish as a food product. It includes a water tight tank, a protective berm to keep out unwanted high waters and storms, a cover, a truck approach, an influent pipe that runs from the bottom of the ocean to the tank an elevation drop wherein the high tide permits and replenishes new seawater to the tank through tidal shifts and an effluent pipe with a cage to contain the fish. Optional water filtering devices including a bacteria remover, an electro coagulation machine, and a Seawater Reverse Osmosis Systems (SWRO) are anticipated.

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Dependent claims

A fish tank system (30) that is comprised of:

(a) a tank (35) located along a shore (S) with water tight walls, the tank (35) having a sloped bottom (35A), a rearward end wall (35R) that is farthest away from the shore (S), a shoreward end wall (35S) nearest the shore (S), a pair of (35L) longitudinal walls (35L) along an each side of the tank (35);
(b) a protection berm (60) that encircles the tank with an interior tank side and an exterior shore and surrounding area side, the berm (60) further comprising a truck approach (61) and a service workspace area (64) between the tank (35) and the berm (60) and at least one drain (62) between the tank side and shore side of the berm (60);
(c) an influent pipe (42) that runs from an offshore bottom of an ocean (95) to the tank (35), an entry end of an influent pipe (42) in the offshore bottom of the ocean having a cage (40), an elevation drop (43), a section (42C) that runs parallel to the sloped tank bottom (35A), and a cage (45) and back flow valve (45A) at a farthest end of the tank (35) near the rearward end wall (35R) of the tank, wherein the fish tank system (30) utilizes a high tide to permit and replenish an amount of new seawater to the tank through tidal shifts;
(d) an effluent pipe (50) with a cage (46), the effluent pipe (50) runs from the tank (35) near the shoreward end wall (35S), through the berm (60), and through a wye (48) and backflow valve (49) to reconnect with the ocean influent pipe (42) and return an amount of old, return water from the tank by means of a tidal shift at a low tide;
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(e) a trough (36) and a sump (37) near a lower part of the sloped tank floor (35A) and near the shoreward end wall (35S) of the tank (35) to provide a configuration to trap and remove a waste matter including a debris, a fish excrement, and a wasted food from the tank (35), whereby the amount of old return water in the effluent pipe (50) at the low tide flushes the waste matter to the trough (36),
wherein the fish tank system (30) is used to grow an amount of fish from small to adult size for commercial sales of salt-water fish and seafood.

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A fish tank system (30) that is comprised of:

(a) a tank (35) located along a shore (S) with water tight, reinforced concrete walls, the tank (35) having a sloped bottom (35A), a rearward end wall (35R) that is farthest away from a shore (S), a shoreward end wall (35S) nearest the shore (S), a pair of (35L) longitudinal walls (35L) along an each side of the tank (35);
(b) a single earthen protection berm (60) that encircles the tank with an interior tank side and an exterior shore and surrounding area side, the berm (60) further comprising a paved truck approach (61) and a service workspace area (64) between the tank (35) and the berm (60) and at least one drain (62) between the tank side and shore side of the berm (60);
(c) a plastic influent pipe (42) that runs from an offshore bottom of an ocean (95) to the tank (35), an entry end of an influent pipe (42) in the offshore bottom of the ocean having a cage (40), an elevation drop (43), a section (42C) that runs parallel to the sloped tank bottom (35A), and a cage (45) and back flow valve (45A) at a farthest end of the tank (35) near the rearward end wall (35R) of the tank, wherein the fish tank system (30) utilizes a high tide to permit and replenish an amount of new seawater to the tank through tidal shifts;
(d) a plastic effluent pipe (50) with a cage (46), the effluent pipe (50) runs from the tank (35) near the shoreward end wall (35S), through the berm (60), and through a wye (48) and backflow valve (49) to reconnect with the ocean influent pipe (42) and return an amount of old, return water from the tank by means of a tidal shift at a low tide;
(e) a trough (36) and a sump (37) near a lower part of the sloped tank floor (35A) and near the shoreward end wall (35S) of the tank (35) to provide a configuration to trap and remove a waste matter including a debris, a fish excrement, and a wasted food from the tank (35), whereby the amount of old return water in the effluent pipe (50) at the low tide flushes the waste matter to the trough (36);
and
(f) a water filtering device including a bacteria remover (70)
wherein the fish tank system (30) is used to grow an amount of fish from small to adult size for commercial sales of salt-water fish and seafood.

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