Aquaculture lighting devices and methods
AssigneeOnce Innovations, Inc.
InventorsZdenko Grajcar, Michael J. Ostaffe
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Abstract
A lighting assembly for enhancing the growth of aquatic life in an ecosystem and method of enhancing the growth of aquatic life in such an ecosystem. The assembly includes a vessel submerged within water of the ecosystem. A substrate is disposed within and surrounded by the vessel and provides electronics to provide a conditioned current to a plurality of light emitting diodes also contained on the substrate. The light emitting diodes emit light within the water of the ecosystem that provides for growth, not only in a larger volume of the ecosystem, but in addition enhances the growth of the aquatic life.
Claims11
A method of enhancing the growth of aquatic life within a natural ecosystem comprising steps of:
- submerging a vessel within water of an natural ecosystem,
- said vessel having at least one light emitting diode;
- emitting light from the at least one light emitting diode such that the light is received by aquatic life in the natural ecosystem,
- predetermining the depth at which the at least one light emitting diode will be placed in the water;
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- predetermining the optimum wavelength of light to emit an optimum wavelength of light or an aquatic life based on the predetermined depth.
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