Am at C328 now, which type of tank for neon tetra better? Acrylic or glass kind? Am leaning towards glass one. The new shop LFS Aquarium selling one glass with filtration, for $88. The storeowner also explain very well in detail. Tempted to buy now. But wanna ask for some opinion first haha
Acrylic scratches. I'd say 8mm glass tank. Now question for you is 2ft or 3ft? Glass tank is heavy, mark my words.
2ft requires less effort but water parameters is less tolerance. 3ft requires more effort in cleaning but if you have a good Eheim ext. filter, then maintenance is lesser, but maintenance time isn't going to be easy either.
Next thing is how are you going to plan the tank? Would it be Amazonal environment where it is better closer to the environment of the tetra? Or Iwagumi type, aka rock face type. Plainless....totally nothing.
Neon tetra is quarterly neon. Cardinal tetra is half-ly neon. Which type? Cardinal cost more than neon tetra. Tetra is basically a group type fish. It is more enjoyable at 3ft than 2ft, of course a 4ft is more enjoyable than 3ft and 2ft. Each tank has a certain capacity, so you cannot happy happy buy 100 tetra and put inside. Take note of it.
This 2ft can be different from that 2ft, even if length and width the same, the height might differ.