What I do, and figure is reasonable, is qt all fish per humble fish, but not snails or corals. I do scrub and rinse snails and coral skeletons and dip corals. And also run a good size UV sterilizer.
Have never had disease in display tank in about 3.5 years now with this tank including two...
Skimz sp187 pyramid rectangular skimmer. Dc with controller. Cup lid has been modified for an avast wiper (not included) - hole drilled in top.
I had this on sale, but then i dropped the cup and it's got a crack in it (NOT PICTURED) so I figure it's a good time to just pay it forward. a...
Gone
I bought this tank when I was working at an aquarium shop during college in the early oughts and had it as a Fowlr during college. Then it was in storage for a decade plus, then when I moved to the suburbs two years ago I resurrected the tank, refinished and painted the stand...
What I have , and recommend is an old beater 40 gallon (3 foot long) acrylic tank and circular saw the top few inches off. Done.
Filter roller, skimmer, fuge, etc whatever you want.
Look under the tanks at Neptune - just a big trough
Seems like it’s hard for mid range shops. Places like ac and Neptune, which are top notch and pristine are going to be successful. But more general purpose places, that have issues, lose their hard goods sales to online and the high margin to aforementioned top end shops.