| CPC A01G 31/02 (2013.01) [A01K 63/045 (2013.01); A01G 31/065 (2025.01)] | 17 Claims |
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1. An aquaponic system comprising
a controller,
a growing enclosure having a roof and at least a first perimeter wall and a second perimeter wall each comprising a transparent material, with said first perimeter wall substantially parallel to said second perimeter wall,
a motor-driven spindle deposited between an upper edge of said first perimeter wall and an upper edge of said second perimeter wall and having an axis of rotation substantially parallel to at least one from among said first and second perimeter walls,
a first sheet of reflective material affixed to said spindle such that in an at least partially unwound condition said first sheet passes over a first fairlead spindle to reside proximate to and substantially parallel to an interior surface of said first perimeter wall,
a second sheet of reflective material affixed to said spindle such that in said at least partially unwound condition said second sheet passes over a second fairlead spindle to reside proximate to and substantially parallel to an interior surface of said second perimeter wall,
a fish tank for containing fluid and at least one fish and comprising
a floor having a surface proximate to
a drainage groove and
a fish tank drain outlet proximal to an end of said drainage groove,
a first pump hydraulically connected from said fish tank drain outlet to a cyclone filter having a clarified fluid outlet and a cyclone filter sludge outlet, with said clarified fluid outlet hydraulically connected to return clarified fluid to said fish tank,
a sludge tank hydraulically connected from said cyclone filter sludge outlet to a series of at least one biofilter tank,
a second pump for delivering nutrient fluid from the last of said series of at least one biofilter tank to at least one irrigation line,
at least one grow subassembly deposited beneath said at least one irrigation line, said grow subassembly comprising at least one substantially vertical hollow cylinder having a plurality of radial apertures and deposited above a grow bed,
said grow bed comprising a tub having a tub inlet and an overflow outlet, and
a plurality of at least one vortex oxygenator each pneumatically connected to a pressurized air source and a nutrient fluid source, wherein at least a first vortex oxygenator from among said plurality is deposited within said tub, and wherein said overflow outlet of said tub is hydraulically connected to said sludge tank.
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