Vivarium Waterfall

[DippinChicken]

My boyfriend and I got an Exo Terra 18x18x24 at a garage sale for fifteen dollars last week. We already have a Red Eyed Tree Frog in a thirty gallon tank that we'd like to transfer to the new Terrarium. Before we do so however, we wanted to figure out a way to make some sort of waterfall but don't really know where to start. We were also interested in the way that some people built their background with expanding foam so that live plants can be planted directly on the wall.
I have a filter that we thought could possibly be used in order to make the waterfall and I wanted to see what you guys thought.
Here's a photo of the filter:


It's for tanks that are between 30-60 gallons (which I doubt matters when it's not submerged) and it has two parts that water comes out of which could be pretty cool for a waterfall

We also have a Tetra Whisper Air Pump and we were wondering if there was any way it could be adapted into a sort of rain system. It seems like a long shot but I wanted to see if anyone on here knew whether or not it was possible. Here's a photo of the Air Pump:



We want to make our frog the best and most natural looking Vivarium that we can since we plan on getting another within the next couple of months.
Links to any former threads that involves the process of building a waterfall would also be appreciated.

Also curious as to whether any one has used the Naturalistic Terrarium Waterfall kit and if there were any videos or pictures of it in tank.
Here's what that one looks like in the box:



Thanks in advance!

[EricBel]

Hi,

The filter you are showing is probably not your best bet for making a waterfall. It's not meant to be sitting in water and probably could be a fire hazard. I'd recommend getting either a water pump and tubing or some kind of internal water filters, Tetra Whisper In Tank filters work great.

As far as making a drip system using an air pump, again I wouldn't recommend doing that as it may be a fire hazard and generally wouldn't work. They do make pumps that are meant for what you are trying to do. I've used an Aqua Lifter Pump before and it works awesome, here's a link to it: Aqua Lifter AQ-20 Dosing Pump | ThatPetPlace.com

Best of luck!

[DippinChicken]

Thank you for the feedback!! I will definitely look into the product you referred me to