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Big thing is the heat. My son and I did 24G Aquapod and I swapped the PC lighting for LED. That helps. But during the summer his room was warmer than most of the others and the tank was about 5 degrees warmer than than my tank and the fresh water tank. Investing in one of those nano chillers...
If you are in Baltimore I would keep the tank setup till you move and then move it with you to Baltimore after you have moved everything else. It is not that far of a drive and basically you get everything working in a day. Texas I would go with what Spotter said and keep all your equipment...
This is one of the great debates. You have 4 options bare bottom, deep sand bed, shallow sand bed, or the one and only crushed coral with underground reverse filter that PaulB uses. Since Paul is probably the only person to pull off his version stick with one of the other three. Anyways I...