thats a smart idea, using smaller mining pools with a little number of members, the individual payouts can be higher.  you will have an advantage of having a direct communication and support from each other in the pool. if you looking for a perfect mining pool i recommend AntPool for you, Antpool is a medium-sized crypto mining pool operated by Bitmain Technologies, it is very reliable and for sure you will make your profits. you can even choose between PPLNS (0% fee) and PPS+ (4% fee from the block reward and 2% from mining fees). you can still make some researches if you want but i recommend this one