Some filtration for 5-6 inches of water depth?

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So I realise the thread topic may be a little confusing, allow me to clarify that I have recently taken one of my smaller tanks; and halfed the water level to around 5 inches, in early attempts at a paludarium type aquarium.

Right now I have an internal Fluval U2 on its side, which is creating a weak current; but its quite bulky and kind of ruins the whole aquascape, so I wondered if anyone could recommend a generally silent filter, that will operate to the conditions above; and not be visually imposing.

I'm guessing a small external filter will probably be best, I had a look at the eheim classic small models; would preferably be a small model, to suit a shoal of white cloud mountain minnows.

Any help appreciated :)
 
how about a small sump something out of the ordinary.
everyone one just does a hob or canister on small tanks
so its rare if never seen lol.
 
I made this for my daughter's frog terrarium. Took a pump I had on old sump and siliconed it to a powerade bottle. It works quite well, I think it's rated to some 200 gph with no head pressure, so its over filtered by a lot but frogs are dirty anyways.

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Homer Siped said:
I made this for my daughter's frog terrarium. Took a pump I had on old sump and siliconed it to a powerade bottle. It works quite well, I think it's rated to some 200 gph with no head pressure, so its over filtered by a lot but frogs are dirty anyways.

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Cool!

I've been looking at the smaller canister filters, just the wee ones though from Zoo Med
 
Try a smaller canister, hob, and I like the sump idea. Depending on the size of the aquarium make like a 5 or 10 gallon diy sump (or bigger/smaller but I'm guessing it's a small aquarium bc you have wcm minnows) and put in a stack of large cups. Drill holes in the bottoms of each cup and holes in the sides of the bottom cup. Put media in between each cup and put other media in the sump. Oh and make the water flow into the top cup. Lastly, put in a small pump and pump it into and make it a waterfall or just directly into the water. I'm sure you can find a way to get all of this to work. Also since you'll have to drill holes into the aquarium, use a small diamond bit (saw them for like 10-20 bucks at lowes) and do your thing. Of course you can improvise. I've seen this done with buckets in a big sump but I just now thought of the cups in a small sump for a small aquarium. Good luck with your aquarium whatever way you end up deciding upon.
 
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