Heres the filter in its now horizontal position. It works great! I messed around with the best angle of the outflow spout and found that just above its maximum down angle was perfect. It stirs up everything on the bottom, and blows it to the back wall of the tank, makes a loop and flies right into the filter grate! Perfect!
I also made sure that the filter was propped on a couple little river rocks. One reason, was so that the bottom filter grate wouldn't be laying on the glass, doing nothing. By propping it up, the filters bottom grate gets all the lower stuff on the glass that isn't higher in the water column. Another reason, was that the rocks prevent Squirt from trying to go under the filter. (which he tried at first, but now doesn't)
And now, My filter is almost totally hidden by the large plant he sleeps in under his dock. 
As you can see, the filter is not visible from a distance. Success in all ways!
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