JPH09238592A - Soil remover for ornamental fish - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a soil remover for ornamental fish arranged so as to be spatially efficient without impairing a view. SOLUTION: The device consists of an underwater pump 5, a container 7 provided with a water feeding port 8i connected to the discharging port 5o of the underwater pump 5, and a discharging port 11o at an upper part and formed with an opening 11b at the upper part of side wall, a water feeding piper 12 one tip of which is connected to the water feeding port 8i, the other tip of which is projected from an opening 11h and having the other tip side fixed to the part of the opening 11h watertightly and provided with a flow-out part 14o and flow-in port 14i on a way from the water feeding port 8i to the opening 11h, water discharge pipe 15 connecting the bottom of the container 7 and the flow-in port 14i, an air stone 16 arranged at the bottom of the container 7 to generate bubbles B, and a foam cup 18 arranged on the container 7 to house soil overflowing from the discharging port 11o with the bubbles B.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an ornamental fish filth removal device for efficiently circulating breeding water in an aquarium for cultivating tropical fish etc. to efficiently remove filth such as protein, excrement and waste products. is there.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Proteins such as excrement of ornamental fish are decomposed into ammonia and ammonium ions by passing through a filter of a filter for ornamental fish. Then, the ammonia, which is harmful to the ornamental fish, is oxidized by ozone to a relatively harmless nitrate. In addition, due to nitrifying bacteria in the filter, ammonia, ammonium ions, nitrite,
Decomposed into nitrates.

Although nitrous acid is oxidized to nitrate by ozone, even if a small amount of nitrous acid is harmful to ornamental fish, protein is decomposed into ammonia and before ammonia is decomposed into nitrite. It is desirable to remove contaminants such as proteins. Therefore, as an appreciation fish filth removal device for removing filth containing protein, an internal type that is installed inside the aquarium to treat the breeding water and an external type that is installed outside the aquarium to draw in and treat the breeding water The ones are proposed.

[0004]

However, since the conventional ornamental fish decontamination device is a simple and small size for ornamental fish, which was originally used for purification equipment, etc. If an upper part filtering device for ornamental fish, a lid, a lighting device, etc. are installed, the internal ornamental fish decontamination device cannot be attached to the aquarium, and the internal ornamental fish decontamination device cannot be installed in the aquarium. Even if it can be attached to the, there will be a gap somewhere and salt and dirt will easily accumulate, which may damage the landscape.

When an external ornamental fish filth remover is installed around the aquarium, a pipe for drawing breeding water may be placed in the aquarium, but an external filter for drawing breeding water is required. Since the external filter and the decontamination device for ornamental fish must be arranged around the aquarium, there are disadvantages such as spoiling the scenery and inefficient space arrangement.

The present invention has been made in order to eliminate the above-mentioned inconvenience, and provides a dirt removing device for ornamental fish, which can be efficiently arranged without impairing the scenery.

[0007]

The ornamental fish filth removal device according to the present invention is provided with an underwater pump for pumping breeding water in an aquarium and a water supply port connected to the discharge port of the submersible pump. A discharge port is provided in the, and a hollow container with an opening formed in the upper side wall, and one end is connected to the water supply port, the other end projects from the opening, and the other end side is watertightly attached to the opening part, A water supply pipe provided with an outflow port and an inflow port in a part located in the container on the way from the water supply port to the opening, a drain pipe connecting the lower part of the container and the inflow port, and a lower part of the container And an aeration component for generating air bubbles, and an accommodating portion that is disposed on the container and that accommodates dirt that overflows from the discharge port together with the air bubbles.
Then, the container is composed of an aeration component housing portion for housing the lower aeration component and an upper tubular body to which the aeration component housing portion is attachable / detachable, or the container is an ornamental fish installed at the top of the aquarium. It is desirable to be able to install it at the place where the pumping pump of the upper filtration device is installed.

[0008]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an aquarium provided with an ornamental fish filth removing device according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a partial front view of a portion of the aquarium and ornamental fish filth removing device shown in FIG. FIG. 3 is a partial perspective view showing a part of the water supply pipe, and FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram in which dirt adheres to bubbles.

In these figures, 1 is an aquarium, 2 is breeding water contained in the aquarium 1, 3 is a bottom filter disposed at the bottom of the aquarium 1, 4 is a filtering material laid on the bottom filter 3. The pebbles 5 indicate a submersible pump, and the suction port 5i of the submersible pump 5 is connected to the drainage port 3o of the bottom filter 3. Reference numeral 6 denotes a resin connecting pipe, one end of which is connected to the discharge port 5o of the submersible pump 5.

Reference numeral 7 denotes a resin container, which is formed into a cup shape having an opening at the top and stores an air stone 16 which will be described later, and an air as an aeration component storage portion for discharging air bubbles B from the air stone 16 to the upper side. It is composed of a stone holder portion 8 and a tubular body 9 to which the air stone holder portion 8 is detachable. Then, the tubular body 9 is connected to the upper side of the air stone holder portion 8, and the upper filtration device 2 for ornamental fish described later is provided.
Step part 1 to install at the place where 0 pumping pump is installed
It is composed of a tubular portion 10 having 0 s and a tubular joint portion 11 which is watertightly connected to the upper side of the tubular portion 10.

A water supply port 8i, to which the other end of the connecting pipe 6 is connected, is provided at the center of the bottom of the air stone holder portion 8 so as to vertically penetrate therethrough. In addition, the joint portion 11 has an upper opening serving as a discharge opening 11o and a side wall provided with an opening 11h.

Reference numeral 12 denotes a resin-made L-shaped water supply pipe, one end of which is connected to the water supply port 8i of the air stone holder portion 8 and the other end of which is connected to one end. , The other end is the opening 11h of the joint portion 11.
And a drain pipe 14 that is attached to the opening 11h at the other end in a watertight manner.
An outlet 14o for supplying the breeding water 2 into the container 8 in the vicinity of the connection portion of the drainage pipe 14 with the connection pipe 13 described above.
And an inflow port 14i into which the breeding water 2 in the container 8 flows.

Reference numeral 15 denotes a drain pipe made of resin, which connects the lower portion of the container 8, that is, the air stone holder portion 8 in this embodiment, to the inflow port 14i of the drain pipe 14. Reference numeral 16 denotes an air stone as an aeration component housed in the air stone holder portion 8, and air bubbles B rising in the breeding water 2 in the container 8 by the air supplied from an air pump (not shown) via an air hose 17. Is generated.

Reference numeral 18 denotes a foam cup serving as a storage portion disposed on the joint portion 11, which is made of resin and stores the bubble D and the dirt D overflowing from the discharge port 11o. An inflow port 18i which can be attached to and detached from the air and into which the dirt D flows along with the bubbles B
Is provided. Reference numeral 19 indicates a lid that closes the opened upper portion of the foam cup 18, and 20 indicates an upper portion filtering device for ornamental fish arranged on the upper portion of the water tank 1. This upper portion filtering device 20 for ornamental fish is supplied from the water supply pipe 12. The breeding water 2 is subjected to physical filtration and biological filtration, and the filtered breeding water 2 is returned to the aquarium 1. The container 7 is provided with the step portion 10s of the tubular portion 10 located at the place where the pump is installed. Is installed.

A indicates a dead water area, and a water flow S of the breeding water 2 descending in the container 7 and a bubble B rising in the container 7 collide with each other and are generated below the bubble B, and the breeding water 2 is entrained. This is a portion where the dirt D in the breeding water 2 adheres to the bubbles B.

Next, the operation will be described. When electric power is supplied to the submersible pump 5 via a wire (not shown) and the submersible pump 5 is rotated, most of the breeding water 2 that has passed through the pebbles 4 and the bottom filter 3 has a connecting pipe 6 and a connecting pipe 1.
3 、 Upper filtering device 2 for appreciation industry via drain pipe 14
0, after being subjected to physical filtration and biological filtration,
Return to water tank 1. However, a part of the breeding water 2 from the connection pipe 13 enters the container 7 through the outflow port 14o of the drainage pipe 14 and flows through the container 7 from the upper side to the lower side.
Accumulate inside.

Then, when the breeding water 2 collects near the upper end of the drainage pipe 14 in the container 7, the container 7 is discharged from the outlet 14o.
The breeding water 2 in the lower part of the container 7 automatically flows into the inflow port 1 via the drain pipe 15 as the breeding water 2 sequentially flows into the inside.
4i returns to the inside of the drain pipe 14, flows to the upper filtration device 20 for appreciation business, is subjected to physical filtration and biological filtration, and then is returned to the water tank 1. Further, when the breeding water 2 sequentially descends from the upper side to the lower side in the container 7, from an air pump (not shown) to the air stone 16 via the air hose 17,
Since the air is supplied, the fine bubbles B discharged from the air stone 16 rise up against the water flow S of the breeding water 2.

When the bubble B rises against the water flow S of the breeding water 2 descending in the container 7 as described above, as shown in FIG. 4, the dead water area A in which the breeding water 2 is entrained below the rising bubble B is shown. Therefore, in the dead water area A, the dirt D such as protein and waste in the breeding water 2 adheres to the air bubbles B. And
The filth D adheres to the rising bubbles B in sequence, so when the bubbles B rise to the lower side of the foam cup 18, the filth D
Are concentrated, and are gradually pushed by the subsequent bubbles B to rise and slowly dry into large bubbles B.
o, it flows down into the foam cup 18 from the inflow port 18i.

In this way, the sewage D is removed, and the aerated breeding water 2 is returned to the drainage pipe 14 and mixed with the aerated breeding water 2, and the ornamental upper filtration device 2 is used.
Although it flows to 0 and is subjected to physical filtration and biological filtration, the aerated breeding water 2 has a large amount of dissolved oxygen, so it promotes the nitrification action in the biological filtration, and the nitrification action is efficiently performed. Not only can it be done, but it will also provide a good environment for the ornamental fish being raised.

Next, the maintenance and the like will be described. First, when the dirt D is collected in the foam cup 18, the foam cup 18 may be removed from the joint section 11 to discard the dirt D, and then the foam cup 18 may be attached to the joint section 11. Also, Air Stone 16
The air stone holder portion 8, the cylinder portion 10 and the joint portion 11 are detachable for the replacement and cleaning of the container 7 and the replacement of the air stones 16 and the container 7 by disassembling the respective parts. Can be easily cleaned.

As described above, according to the embodiment of the present invention, the submersible pump 5 forcibly circulates the breeding water 2 to generate the water flow S that descends into the container 7, and the bubbles B to the water flow S.
Since it is raised so as to oppose the above, it is possible to efficiently remove the dirt D and to sufficiently aerate the breeding water 2. Then, since the breeding water 2 is sufficiently aerated, the amount of dissolved oxygen in the breeding water 2 is increased, so that the nitrification action in biological filtration can be promoted and the nitrification action can be efficiently performed, and the breeding water 2 can also be raised. It will bring a good environment for the watching fish.

Further, the air stone holder portion 8 and the cylindrical body 9
And constitute a container 7, and an air stone holder 8 and a cylinder 9
Since the container and the container are detachable, the container 7 is disassembled into the air stone holder portion 8 and the cylinder body 9.
6 can be easily replaced and cleaned, and the container 7 can be easily cleaned.

Further, since the container 7 can be installed at the place where the pump for the ornamental fish upper filtration device 20 installed in the upper part of the aquarium 1 is installed, the container 7 can be efficiently installed without impairing the scenery. As well as
It can be installed in place of the existing pumping pump.

In the above-described embodiment, the breeding water 2 is supplied to the container 7 via the bottom filter 3, but the breeding water 2 in the aquarium 1 is directly supplied to the container 7 without a filter or the like. It may be. Further, the aeration component is the air stone 16 and is supplied from the air pump to the air stone 16 via the air hose 17, but the aeration component may be another one that can generate the bubble B, and a water flow like an air diffuser is used. It may be a forced detonation device.

The air stone holder portion 8 of the container 7
The connecting portion between the and the cylinder 9 may be connected in a watertight manner and exposed to the upper side of the breeding water 2, but by immersing it in the breeding water 2,
It is desirable to prevent water leakage and salt dripping and eliminate the need for a seal.

[0026]

As described above, according to the present invention, the submersible pump is used to forcibly circulate the breeding water to generate the descending water flow in the container and to raise the bubbles against the water flow. As a result, dirt can be removed efficiently and the breeding water can be sufficiently aerated. Since the amount of dissolved oxygen in the breeding water increases due to sufficient aeration of the breeding water, the nitrification action in biological filtration can be promoted and the nitrification action can be efficiently performed, and the breeding water can be appreciated. It will bring a good environment for fish.

Further, since the container is composed of the aeration component storage portion and the tubular body, and the aeration component storage portion and the tubular body are attachable / detachable, by disassembling the container into the aeration component storage portion and the tubular body, It is possible to easily replace and clean the aeration parts and clean the container.

Further, since the container can be installed at the place where the pump for the ornamental fish upper filtration device installed in the upper part of the aquarium is installed, the container can be efficiently installed without spoiling the landscape. It is possible and can be installed in place of the existing pumping pump.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a water tank provided with an ornamental fish dirt removing device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a partial front view in which a part of the aquarium and ornamental fish dirt removing device shown in FIG. 1 is cut away.

FIG. 3 is a partial perspective view showing a part of a water supply pipe.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram in which dirt is attached to bubbles.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Water Tank 2 Rearing Water 3 Bottom Filter 3o Drainage Port 4 Pebble 5 Submersible Pump 5i Suction Port 5o Discharge Port 6 Connecting Pipe 7 Container 8 Air Stone Holder 8i Water Supply Port 9 Cylinder 10 Cylinder 10s Step 11 Joint Part 11o Discharge 11h Opening 12 Water supply pipe 13 Connection pipe 14 Drainage pipe 14o Outlet 14i Inlet 15 Drainage pipe 16 Air stone 17 Air hose 18 Foam cup 18i Inlet 19 Lid 20 Top filter for watching fish A Dead water area B Bubble D Waste S Water flow

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A submersible pump for pumping breeding water in an aquarium, a water supply port connected to a discharge port of the submersible pump, a discharge port provided on an upper part, and an opening formed on an upper part of a side wall. A hollow container, one end of which is connected to the water supply port, the other end of which projects from the opening, and the other end of which is watertightly attached to the opening portion, and which is in the container on the way from the water supply port to the opening A water supply pipe having an outflow port and an inflow port in a portion located at, a drainage pipe connecting the lower part in the container and the inflow port, and an aeration for generating bubbles, which is arranged in the lower part in the container. An ornamental fish filth removal device comprising: a component; and a storage section that is disposed on the container and that stores filth that overflows from the discharge port together with the bubbles. 2. The ornamental fish filth removal device according to claim 1, wherein the container has an aeration component housing portion for housing the aeration component on a lower side, and an upper cylinder to which the aeration component housing portion is detachable. A filth removal device for ornamental fish, characterized by being composed of the body. 3. The ornamental fish filth removal device according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the container is installed at a location where a pump for pumping the ornamental fish upper filtration device installed in an upper portion of the water tank is installed. Able to remove polluted fish ornamental equipment.