Will you help me pick a salt water fish aquarium setup for college?
Hmm going to college and worrying about your nano-reef.
I think you will find that you will have very little time to focus on a tank of any kind.
This will rapidly become a chore ..I speak from experience.
If you are set on having one in a dorm…go for one that requires the very least maintenance.
How about waiting a semester and seeing how things go?
Alternatively at the risk of sounding flip get a fish/frog poster
or one of those white noise machines that mimics streams, wind, birds chirping and frogs croaking. I promise you 2 months in you’ll thank moi! College life is the best!