Aquarium undergravel filter
A surface filter for aquarium water purification is placed on the bottom of the aquarium that sucks the waste out of the tank to the canister filter. Small plastic pieces make and connect the main stream channels. Each plastic piece is composed of a couple of inverted pyramids that acts like a funnel. Water flows through the main channels sucked by an external filter. In the base of each inverted pyramid a small hole opens to the drainage channel, which has a hollow inverted V shape. Water, particles and fish waste are passed through the channels to the external filter. At the end of the assembly a cross channel collects the drained water. Collected water is transferred to the external filter outside the aquarium. A hose connects the external filter with the collector. Another hose is connected to the same filter to return the filtered water back to the aquarium.
1. An Undergravel filter for sucking water and other particles including fish waste, leftovers, and dirt from an aquarium tank to an external filter, the under ravel filter provided with a plurality of filter pieces, comprising:
each piece composed of two funnels shaped in form of an inverted pyramid linked by a drainage channel in the center, which feeds to a cross channel configured as a collector;
each funnel configured to act as a container and allows the water with waste to drain in the drainage channel; wherein the drainage channel is configured in the form of a hollow triangle shape and the drainage channel is placed between the two funnels;
each side of the triangle composes a side of the funnel wall;
the drainage channel is configured to drain the waste from the funnels through a drain holes at the bottom of each funnel;
a cross channel collects the drained water and waste, wherein the collected water is transferred to the external filter outside the aquarium;
a hose connects the external filter with the cross channel and
a mesh is placed and fitted on top of the filter pieces, wherein the mesh consists of small holes configured to allow tiny parts passing through, and prevent large parts including gravel to go inside the filter.
2. The Undergravel filter according to claim 1 , wherein each filter piece has a dented side, which overlaps the opposite side of a next filter piece.
3. The Undergravel filter according to claim 1 , wherein the drainage channel is composed of tour sides, which are parallel to each other, two top sides and two bottom sides, wherein the top sides form the wall and bottom sides taper to form the channel for increasing the flow of water.
4. The Undergravel filter according to claim 1 , wherein the cross channel collects the water and waste from the drainage channels into a suction tube and is placed in the first filter.