I get where you are coming... i agree on that aspectRun what you want then. I don’t care. The “ten gallon” wasn’t me being literal. I’d take a 15 gallon normal tank over a 15 gallon AIO because you have a larger footprint with the AIO.
The reason I choose these options because I live in a condo and have a small space 600sqft and very limited to where I can put a tank and size. Also want to minimize the salt creep, water splashing, messiness on the flooring or leak to the unit below me and i don't want to pay for damages. So that why I thought the AIO would help minimize that as much as possible
Hence my name. I'm deaf/hearing impaired, so i won't be able to be notify while I'm sleeping to tell me something is happening or else it will go all night til I wake up
It my first tank... it a temporary size til I move to a bigger place in the near future (I hope lol) and get a bigger tank