Aquarium having aquaculture pot and fountain

• US 5,127,366 A
• Filed: 07/08/1991
• Issued: 07/07/1992
• Est. Priority Date: 09/19/1990
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Chang S. Kim
• Original Assignee: Chang S. Kim
• Inventors: Kim, Chang S.
• Primary Examiner(s): Swiatek, Robert P.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Manahan, Todd E.
• Application Number:
  US07/726,747
• Time in Patent Office: 365 Days
• Field of Search: 119/5, 119/3, 47/69, 47/79, 47/82
• US Class Current: 119/246
• CPC Class Codes: A01G 2031/006 with means for recycling the nutritive solution
• CPC Class Codes: A01G 31/02 Special apparatus therefor self-acting watering devices A01G27/00
• CPC Class Codes: A01K 63/003 Aquaria; Terraria A01K63/04, A01K63/06 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A01K 63/045 Filters for aquaria
• CPC Class Codes: Y02P 60/21 Dinitrogen oxide [N2O], e.g. using aquaponics, hydroponics or efficiency measures

Abstract

An aquarium having an aquaculture pot and a water fountain is disclosed in which water is recirculated through filtering material in the pot. A tank cover is formed with a central opening in which the pot is supported. A pipe rises from the water through an opening in the bottom of the pot. The fountain is connected to the upper end of the pipe such that water pumped from the tanks through the pipe sprays from the fountain into the filtering material in the pot. The water is purified by the filter material and returns to the tank through drain openings in the pot bottom.

Claims

1. An aquarium comprising:

an aquarium tank;

a tank cover formed with a downwardly opening peripheral channel for housing a lamp and a central opening, said tank cover resting detachably on top of said aquarium tank;

a pot having a bottom opening and a plurality of bottom drain holes, said pot supported in said opening of said tank cover;

a fountain received in said opening of said pot;

a collector having a central hole and a plurality of suction holes, said collector disposed at the inner bottom of said aquarium tank; and

a pipe inserted through said central hole of said collector and connected to said fountain.

2. The aquarium of claim 1 further comprising a lamp disposed in said channel.

3. The aquarium of claim 1 further comprising filtering material and plants disposed in said pot.

4. The aquarium of claim 3 wherein said filtering material comprises sand.

5. The aquarium of claim 3 wherein said filtering material comprises charcoal.

6. The aquarium of claim 3 wherein said filtering material comprises sponge.

7. The aquarium of claim 3 wherein said filtering material comprises synthetic fiber sponge.

8. The aquarium of claim 1 further comprising a motorized pump connected to said pipe for circulating water.