Patenting Aquaponics

JohnMc

This description --

"1. An aquaponics system comprising; a tank for housing at least one aquatic animal species; a plant growing apparatus for housing one or more plant species growing in an aqueous environment; and a biofilter module for receiving a waste stream comprising solid waste and water from the tank, the biofilter module comprising; a solids removal means; and a biological waste digestion unit for digesting solids from the solids removal means to produce plant nutrients, which biological waste digestion unit comprises a biological species that at least partially digests solid waste from said solids removal means to plant nutrients; whereby in use, said plant nutrients are transferred to the plant growing apparatus and at least a portion of the water is returned to the tank."

Forget the prior art, at least in the human sense. This is the classic definition of a swamp or wetland.

Ian

Quote:

* No need to water your plants because Portable FarmsTM Aquaponics Systems use a one hour, twice-a-day cycle to circulate the water throughout the system so the plants constantly receive a fresh supply of warm, nutrient-laden water.

So, his F&D only circulates twice a day! and takes an Hour. That puts paid the the FT volume water change each hour?

But, he is "the Inventor", so there!

Cheers IanK :roll:

chillidude

"Fish Don't Fart" ???? - :shock:

- I guess he's not an inventor or a marketer !

Nocky

On asking a few questions about Urban Aquaponics a month or so ago I finally got a political nothing response

AB wrote:

Dear Paul,

Thanks for your email and apologies for not being able to get back to you sooner. Congratulations on your 6,000 litre aquaponic system which sounds terrific. While our company's focus is purely on commercial scale food production systems we always enjoy hearing about back-yard systems.

I would take issue with a few of your comments. Firstly, you say that this process has been around for 15 years, but in fact the concept and practice of combining fish and vegetable production dates back several thousand years, with archeological evidence of this type of activity dating back to the earliest known cities in history. So I don't think that youself, Joel Malcolm, ouselves or anyone can lay claim to having 'invented' the combining of fish and vegetables.

Many different names have been used to describe the combining of fish and vegetables, with the term 'aquaponics' being just one of a number of labels currently in use around the world.

Our company specialises in certified organic vegetable production in combination with fish production. Our technology enables us to produce food at a commercial scale while still locating viably near to large population centres and so largely reducing food miles.

I really like the type of system you are promoting and my view is that backyard food production such as you are doing is the 'ultimate' in sustainability. However a lot of people lack either the time, space, skills, or desire to produce their own food at home, so we hope our approach can cater for these people so that they can eat very fresh high quality food that is grown in a sustainable way.

We are not aiming to jump on any bandwagon as you suggest and we have been producing food commercially under organic certification for nearly 20 years.

Good luck with your work and I hope all of our combined efforts can eventually lead to a more sustainable way of life for all.

Best regards,

Andrew

Andrew Bodlovich / Director

Urban Ecological Systems LTD / T +61 2 8005 0195/ M +61 427 519 975 /
E andrew@urbanecologicalsystems.com / W urbanecologicalsystems.com

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Patenting Aquaponics

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A place to discuss aquaponics