DE3020160A1 - Aquarium water cleaning vessel - is open-topped with water flowing around roots of plants - Google Patents

Abstract

The vessel is for cleaning the water in an aquarium, being open at the top and accommodating plants, round whose roots the water flows. The vessel can be filled with stones, earth etc. to form a means for anchoring the plants, and can be in the form of an oblong flower-box, with its lengthwise axis parallel to the rear or side of the aquarium tank and partly above it. The vessel can rest on the top of the tank wall, having bosses on the underside engaging behind the latter, and can be of L-shaped cross-section.

Description

Container for cleaning aquarium water

A wide variety of methods are known for cleaning the water of an aquarium Filters, including algae filters to be used. The filter material of these filters must be changed or cleaned frequently, so that a considerable cost and workload arises.

It is also known to arrange flowers around an aquarium. These require constant care and especially watering.

The object of the invention is to provide a container for cleaning water to create an aquarium that requires no care and maintenance and through which There is also no need to look after the plants surrounding the aquarium.

This object is achieved according to the invention in that the container is open at the top and plants are inserted into the container, their roots are surrounded by the aquarium water.

This forms the aquarium with its fish and others Animals and the plants surrounding the aquarium a stable ecological system, whose equilibrium is maintained over a long period of time. The one from the animals The nitrogen generated and its waste are carried to the plant roots and utilized by them. There is no need to fertilize the plants.

The handling of the compact, space-saving device is special advantageous because it is easily accessible and the electrical safety is high. A special Base cabinet or side cabinet for the technical devices is through the attachment of the attachment container is no longer required.

Since there are no hose connections whatsoever with the attachment container no leaks possible here, which means floods and floods with serious consequences Loss of valuable fish can be prevented. Through the refluxing water out The hydroponic tank and the lower position of the pump are dependent on the quick filter "self-priming", so that there are no known start-up problems.

Due to the lower position of the regulator heater in the permanent water area it cannot cause the known damage when heating without water and thus to overheating of the water or life-threatening electrical defects come. Since the filter chamber closure is formed in the uppermost area by a lid which is also exposed to an internal vacuum can result in water loss as a result A sealing ring does not leak.

Since the length of the attachment container is based on the size of the aquarium, is the motor power of the quick filter and regulator heater and other devices according to manufacture already optimally coordinated. The ComE) ination of the quick filter and the slow filter in the hydroponic plant sector brings more satisfactory results in terms of filtering.

The condition of the water depends on the amount of quick filter water flowing out and also recognizable by the growth of the hydroponic plants. Through a feeder Both the fish and the hydroponic plants can be operated with an electric timer hold easily in the event of a long absence. Even with insufficient room lighting this is now possible without additional effort for a sole plant husbandry.

As the upper continuation of the aquarium, the container is like a natural one Shore optically advantageous. There is no need to use hydroponic materials in the container cleaning the filling.

Advantageous refinements of the invention are set out in the subclaims listed.

Two embodiments of the invention are shown schematically in the drawings and are described in more detail below. They show: FIG. 1 a vertical one Cross-section through the aquarium with the container attached; Fig. 2 shows a vertical Cross section through the inlet or outlet chamber of the container; Fig. 3 shows a vertical longitudinal section through the container; 4 shows a vertical longitudinal section by an alternative embodiment of the container.

Trained as a rectangular elongated flower box, according to Container 1 open at the top has on its underside a longitudinal recess in the form of a step-shaped recess 2. The interior of the container is through the recess 2 angular in cross-section and the bottom of the container forms two different high parts 3a and 3b. The higher horizontal floor 3a forms with the above lying container wall parts a protruding container part 1a, which after attachment of the container on an aquarium protrudes beyond the rear wall 5 of the aquarium. Included is the horizontal upper edge of the aquarium back wall 5 on the underside of the floor 3a and on the vertical wall 6 forming the step or recess 2. In order to the container is held on the rear wall 5 is on the underside of the bottom 3a a projection or cam 7 is formed, which engages behind the aquarium rear wall 5 inside.

The bottom 3a is penetrated by a vertical nozzle, the creates a connection to the aquarium water as an inlet connector 8 or drain connector 9. The inlet so clip 8 is downward with a line, not shown extended, which extends deep into the aquarium water. The container has the same length as the aquarium and is divided into three chambers, one of which the chambers arranged on both sides of the head, Inlet chamber 10 and drain chamber 11, have a considerably shorter length than that between them located main chamber 12. In all chambers 10 to 12, the one facing the aquarium vertical outer wall 13 made lower than the other container walls, so that these walls 13 form overflow edges 14 over which the water in the container is located can then flow back into the aquarium when the water level in the container reached this edge. This Uizerlaufkante 14 is lower in the discharge chamber 11 than in the other chambers 10, 12.

While the inlet chamber 10 and the outlet chamber 11 can be empty, the main chamber 12 is filled with a material that the roots of plants Holds and gives liquid. This material can be made of earth, sand or stones. It is particularly advantageous if this material is made up of bulk material how it is used in hydroponics. Expanded clay is particularly suitable here (Poroton) or similar materials such as Lavalit. Through these materials can the aquarium water flows particularly easily and constantly rinses around all the roots, so that a regular distribution is achieved and a settling of contained in the water Solids is prevented. Regular cleaning is no longer necessary.

In the embodiment shown in FIG. 4, the feed chamber 10 a considerably greater height than the other chambers, the top the inlet chamber closes with the other chambers and the bottom behind the Reaches deep into the aquarium. In this inlet chamber 10 is a rectangular filter insert 15th arranged, which is covered at the top by a lid 16 of the container and removable is. Below the filter 15, a pump 17 is attached in the chamber 10, which is driven by a motor 18 which is arranged below the bottom of the chamber 10 is.

The pump 17 is always in the water, so that suction problems omitted. A heater 19 is located between the pump 17 and the filter 15 which the water temperature is adjustable.

The pump 17 conveys the water from the bottom of the chamber 10 through lateral riser pipe 20 in the main chamber 12 in one of a horizontal, perforated Cover plate 21 separated underbody space 22.

The cover plate keeps the underbody space free from that in the main chamber contained filling, in particular made of expanded clay 23. From the main chamber 12 reaches the liquid via the sub-floor space below between the main chamber 12 and Drain chamber 11 located partition 23 to the drain port 9. The passage from Underbody space 22 to the drainage chamber 11 can be regulated so that a desired water level can be reached in the main chamber 12. If a certain water level is exceeded, in this way the water flows through openings 24 in the partition wall, which is permeable in the upper area 23 into the drainage chamber 11.

Below the drain chamber 11 and the main chamber 12 is one of the other chambers arranged watertight separated chamber 25, in the additional devices such as electrical parts, filters, feeding devices, pumps. Lamps and the like Accessories to be arranged can. It is particularly advantageous if Transformers 27 and / or resistors required for the lamps are arranged because they generate heat and thereby heat the water in the container can be.

An automatic feeder 26 can also be fastened in the discharge chamber 11.

Claims (18)

Claims 1. Container for purifying water from an AqLariunis, d a d u r c h g e k e n n e n e n e t that the Rehliltcr (1) is open at the top istundir the container plants are inserted whose roots are from the aquarium water have flowed around them. 2. The container of claim 1, d a d u r c h g e -k e n n z e i c h n e t that the container (1) with the plant roots holding material (23), such as expanded clay, lavalite, stones or earth is filled. 3. A container according to claim 1 or 2, d a d u r c h g e k e n n z e i c h n e t that the container (1) has approximately the shape of an elongated flower box has and with its longitudinal axis parallel to the aquarium rear and / or side wall (5) is arranged. 4. Container according to one of claims 1 to 3, d a -d u r c h g e k It is noted that the container (1) is at least partially above the upper one The edge of the aquarium back and / or side wall (5) is arranged. 5. Container according to one of claims 1 to 4, d a -d u r c h g e k It is noted that the container (1) has a forwardly protruding part (la) rests on the upper edge of the rear wall of the aquarium (5). 6. The container of claim 5, d a d u r c h g e -k e n n z e i c h n e t that the container (1) has projections on the underside, in particular cams (7) which engage behind the upper edge of the aquarium rear wall (5). 7. A container according to claim 5 or 6, d a d u r c h g e k e n n z e i c h n e t that the container (1) has an angular cross-section. 8. Container according to one of claims 1 to 7, d a -d u r c h g e k e n n n e i c h n e t that on opposite sides of the container (1), in particular on both end faces, chambers (10, 11) are divided, molded or attached, which have the inlet (8) and the outlet (9). 9. The container of claim 8, d a d u r c h g e -k e n n z e i c h n e t that the chamber wall (13) facing the aquarium (4) as an overflow into the aquarium has a lower height than the other outer walls of the chamber. 10. Container according to one of claims 1 to 9, d a -d u r c h g e it is not indicated that additional devices, such as a pump, Filters, automatic feeder, electrical devices, are arranged. 11. Container according to one of claims 1 to 10, d a -d u r c h g e k e n n n z e i c h n e t that from the inlet and / or outlet nozzle (8, 9) each a pipe extends into the aquarium water. 12. Container according to one of claims 1 to 11, d a -d u r c h g e it is not indicated that a filter insert (15) and in particular a pump (17) is arranged below it. 13. The container of claim 12, d a d u r c h q e -k e n n z e i c h n e t that between the filter insert (15) and pump (17) or behind the pump a Heater (19) is arranged. 14. Container according to one of claims 1 to 13, d a -d u r c h g e it is not indicated that the pump (17) required to circulate the water is arranged in particular hanging in the lower region of the inlet chamber (10). 15. Container according to one of claims 1 to 14, d a -d u r c h g e it is not indicated that in the lower area of the container (1) there is a horizontal perforated plate (21) is arranged, which is free from the filler material (23) Creates subspace (22). 16. Container according to one of claims 1 to 15, d a -d u-r c h g e It is not noted that below the container (1) there is a space (25) for additional devices (27) is divided, molded or attached. 17. Container according to one of claims 1 to 16, d a -d u r-c h g e k e nn n e i n e t that above the aquarium (4) in the aquarium water lamps shining in, in particular mercury vapor lamps, are arranged. 18. Container according to one of claims 1 to 17, d a -d u r c h g e k e n n z e 1 c h n e t that at least partitions (23) located in the container are perforated, perforated and / or perforated in an upper area.