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Luca, The only thing I'd be afraid of is soap getting into your tank. this won't be too good for the your fish respiration. Other than that I see no problems. 80gJoe, Take my word for it. You put your tubifex into a container with small holes and dip this container into the flash tank...

Skim just the surface of the sand and, if needed, regulate the flow by the ball valve. The main possible problem with sand is formation of anaerobic spots leading to production of poisonous hydrogen sulfide gas. To avoid this, keep your sand layers thin and mix the sand with your hand or...

Spreading the total wattage among more that one heater is always safer. If you have a single heater and it mulfunctions, you risk loosing all your fish due to overheating (or, more rarely, overcooling). If you have a sump, you can hide your heaters there. Otherwise, I'd put them horizontally...

Only clowns may cause some concern, IMO. Aside from the parents, of course, who are very well known for this behavior.

I'm sorry to disappoint you, but toilets were used for ages to keep tubifex and bloodworm alive. Too late to file for a new patent.:)

...and since they can't see ammonia, they don't eat it. :)

Unless your main filter is UGF/RUGF OR your filter can hardly handle the bioload OR your tank is not really mature yet, you can change all gravel in one shot. With UGFs/RUGFs, marginally effective biofilters or in a case of a relatively new tank, I'd wait for, at least, about 3-4 weeks...

What is KH of your tap water?