Crow!!! Welcome!!! You have found a family, not a community. There are very few mean people here and, frankly, mean people suck and are generally not tolerated here. We are a family and encourage debate, sometimes heated, but meanness is just not part of the R2R equation. If you ever feel someone was mean, to you or anyone, report it to the mods, they will take care of it.
Happy to have you with us and looking forward to your participation!
Welcome
BTW. The 2 issues with smaller tanks are 1) small tanks change fast . So when somthing happens. it is often more painful . 2 ) you never seem to have enough real estate in this hobby