Quote Originally Posted by April View Post
Wow, thanks. I really appreciate all that information, but if they can't survive in a fairly basic tank setup, they aren't going to make it in my house. I wish I could manage all of that, but it's just not practical for my family/lifestyle. Thanks so much though!
Bear in mind, I raise a lot of tadpoles (mostly ranids) and can be pretty obsessive.

There are smaller ways of doing it. Hell, you could set something like that up in the tank, using half a milk jug instead of a bucket. Alternatively you could go with conventional aquarium filtration, you just have to take care to break up the current. I would recommend smaller internal filters with a spray-bar or other diffuse outflow.