Patent ID: 7537692

Claim:
A self-cleaning aquarium for automatically removing undesirable debris and bacteria from water housed within the aquarium while aquatic animals remain within the aquarium, said self-cleaning aquarium comprising: a container having a plurality of monolithically formed walls defining a cavity therebetween for receiving and housing the water, one of said walls having a plurality of apertures formed therein and spanning along a major longitudinal length thereof; a corrugated base member removably housed within said container and seated directly on a bottom one of said walls, said base member having a plurality of juxtaposed crests and troughs horizontally offset along a longitudinal length of said bottom wall, said troughs being abutted against said one wall and linearly aligned with said apertures respectively; a filter screen removably positioned directly on said base member, said filter screen being situated above said apertures; and a plurality of valves operably coupled to said apertures and being in fluid communication with said cavity for discharging the undesirable debris and bacteria outwardly from said cavity.