US 12,290,033 B2
Aquaponics system with a terraced grow floor
Nickolas S. Rodd, Deltona, FL (US)
Assigned to Underground Aquaponics PBC, Deltona, FL (US)
Filed by Underground Aquaponics, PBC, Deltona, FL (US)
Filed on Nov. 20, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/515,199.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/427,320, filed on Nov. 22, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0164351 A1, May 23, 2024
Int. Cl. A01G 31/02 (2006.01)
CPC A01G 31/02 (2013.01) 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An aquaponics system comprising:
an aquaculture production system comprising multiple fish tanks and water collection tanks, wherein the water collection tanks include one or more clean water tanks, one or more rainwater collection and overflow tanks, and/or one or more sludge and pump tanks;
a grow floor having a terraced floor resembling a series of steps, wherein the grow floor has a continuous downward spiral toward a collection point, wherein the collection point receives water from the grow floor and delivers the water to the aquaculture production by a pipe; and
wherein the aquaculture production system and the grow floor are arranged at varying floor levels within an enclosed building, wherein the grow floor extends from a top of the enclosed building in a terraced fashion toward a bottom of the enclosed building.