Patent ID: 7316776
Filing Date: 2008-01-08
Classification: A01K,Y10S

Abstract:
1. An aquarium filtration system comprising; a housing including a bottom and one or more walls for holding water, said housing further including an inlet for receiving prefiltered water from an aquarium and an outlet for returning filtered water to an aquarium; a bio-reactor chamber within said housing, said bio-reactor chamber constructed to have a waterline below which water is to be positioned, wherein said bio-reactor chamber includes a substantially vertical column and a foam collection container within said bio-reactor chamber, said vertical column and said foam collection container for collecting proteins; a plurality of bio-balls located within said chamber to form a bio-ball chamber; and a pump means for pumping water through said inlet and said outlet of said housing including through said chamber, said pump means also pumping air from outside said housing into said bio-reactor chamber storing said bio-balls, said pump means pumping air into said bio-reactor chamber below the waterline and below the top of the bio-balls to produce oxygenated water.