US Patent Issued on April 21 for "Chaetomorpha reactor, waterfall algae scrubber, and bubble upflow algae scrubber methods and devices" (California Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,604,819, issued on April 21.

"Chaetomorpha reactor, waterfall algae scrubber, and bubble upflow algae scrubber methods and devices" was invented by Bryan Harold Farrish (Santa Monica, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Apparatuses and methods for utilizing different algal growth techniques to filter aquarium water under varying conditions, including freshwater, brackish, and saltwater, and including amounts of nutrients (including ammonia, nitrite, nitrate, phosphate, CO2) which vary from low to high levels. Also disclosed are embodiments to operate above water, submerged, or any combination thereof, in separate or synergistic config...