Water circulation apparatus and method
AssigneeTech Master S.A.
InventorDaniel Eduardo Vega Salinas
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AssigneeTech Master S.A.
InventorDaniel Eduardo Vega Salinas
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An apparatus and method for conditioning water in open fish breeding cages, which can solve the problems of “bloom of harmful seaweed” and the “lack of dissolved oxygen concentration in the water”. The apparatus includes a tube having adjustable open upper and lower ends and an impeller for drawing a major water flow in either direction through the tube. To solve the “bloom of harmful seaweed” the apparatus draws water upward from deeper water with low algae concentration to the bloom zone, dissolving and moving the harmful seaweed far away from the cages. To solve the “lack of dissolved oxygen concentration” the apparatus draws water downward from the surface water having high concentrations of dissolved oxygen to deeper water with low concentrations of dissolved oxygen, increasing the dissolved oxygen concentration in the middle and the bottom of the cages, where the biggest oxygen consuming fish concentration are located.
An apparatus for conditioning water in open fish breeding cages, the apparatus comprising:
An apparatus as in any of the preceding claims, wherein the tube comprises a first section which contains inside the impeller with its driver motor and a second section, connected to the lower part of said first section, which comprises an adjustable length metallic mesh tube capable of being covered on the outside by a plastic sleeve, which defines the depth of the suction or discharge point of the apparatus.
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