Nice work on those cabinets. Very impressive!
I looked at the 10-gal we had as easy because every week, it was a matter of minutes to do the water change, wipe down the inner glass (what little was needed) and topping it back off with fresh water.
Almost no effort whatsoever.
Oh, and the Aragonite sand is what we used on that tank. Kept the chems just right all the time!
--Wag--