I have a slightly scruffy 25 litre tank. It is currently home to all my shrimps and snails while I treat the main tank with a copper-based medication. Longer term, I am deciding what to do with it - probably something shrimpy.
One of the current irritations is the black box of the built-in filter which sits in the middle of one side. Why isn’t it in a corner? Who knows! It is too close to the front to hide with plants. Does anyone have any cunning ways of hiding this? Please don’t tell me to put an external on it!
Hiding filters in nano tanks
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I've made an alfagrog volcano to surround one before 
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Turn it round?
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Wishafish
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Then the filter is in the middle of the other side - it doesn’t help I’m afraid!
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How about some DIY background stuck on it using polystyrene covered with coloured waterproof cement?
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If your only planning to use shrimps in this aquarium just plant it. Using a high quality aquatic soil you can plant the aquarium heavily and not bother with a filter at all.
As long as you have heat and light for the plants the shrimp will thrive in such a set-up.
As long as you have heat and light for the plants the shrimp will thrive in such a set-up.
WARNING - DO NOT BREED, FEED OR PET THE PUDDLE! 
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This is an interesting idea. I was just going to stay plant all around the filter with tall plants like cabomba. I've got java fern that's got froma cutting to a size that it proabably wont even fit in your tank now. Just make plants the focal point/ eye-catching part. The shrimps will thrive in all the cover too.Martinspuddle wrote: ↑Sat Jul 31, 2021 14:43 pm If your only planning to use shrimps in this aquarium just plant it. Using a high quality aquatic soil you can plant the aquarium heavily and not bother with a filter at all.
As long as you have heat and light for the plants the shrimp will thrive in such a set-up.