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US 8,006,645 B2Granted
System and method for aquaculture of marine life forms
OwnerKaren R. Spartzinventor
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Abstract
Disclosed is a system for aquaculturing marine life forms such as coral utilizing a rotating tray that exposes the marine life forms to variable water flow conditions during each revolution of the tray.
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A system for aquaculturing aquatic life forms comprising:
- a reservoir holding water;
- a tray holding the aquatic life forms submerged in said water, wherein said tray is rotatable within and with respect to said reservoir, wherein said tray is substantially flat and open;
- a means for rotating said tray in said reservoir;
- a first means to direct water flow across the aquatic life forms on said tray while said tray rotates;
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- a second means to direct water flow across the aquatic life forms on said tray, wherein said second means to direct water flow generates a flow of water different than that produced by said first means to direct water flow.
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A system for aquaculturing aquatic life forms comprising:
- a reservoir holding water;
- a tray holding the aquatic life forms submerged in said water, wherein said tray is rotatable within and with respect to said reservoir, wherein said tray is substantially flat and open;
- a means for rotating said tray in said reservoir;
- a refugium that utilizes macro-algae as a filtration medium;
- a reservoir outlet in said reservoir;
- a refugium outlet in said refugium;
- a spray bar in said refugium directed away from said refugium outlet;
- a water pump operably coupled between said reservoir outlet and said spray bar;
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- a nozzle operably coupled to said refugium outlet, wherein said nozzle generates a flow of water across the aquatic life forms on said tray while said tray rotates.
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A system for aquaculturing aquatic life forms comprising:
- a reservoir holding water;
- a tray holding the aquatic life forms submerged in said water, wherein said tray is rotatable within and with respect to said reservoir, wherein said tray is substantially flat and open;
- a means for rotating said tray in said reservoir;
- a first means to direct water flow across the top of said rotating tray in a first direction;
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- a second means to direct water flow across the top of said rotating tray substantially in said first direction;
- wherein aquatic life forms positioned on said tray experience water flow from said first and second means in different directions relative to the aquatic life forms during rotation of the tray in said reservoir.
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A method for aquaculturing coral comprising:
- filling a habitat with ground water substantially unaltered, wherein the ground water includes calcium carbonate and less than 5 percent silica;
- substantially continuously rotating a tray in the habitat, wherein the tray is substantially flat and open and wherein the tray holds the coral;
- generating variable water flow conditions that expose the coral to different water flow directions during each rotation of the tray;
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- filtering the ground water through a refugium containing macro-algae.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.