I run 3 main tanks these days. You may be the root cause of this long term experiment ??? At the very least the catalyst !

1 High Tech (No holds barred, on the lunatic fringe, Heavy on the LUNATIC)
1 low tech (Yeast reactor Co2 , DIY reactor, Strict EI and maintenance)
1 No Tech (Classic Dutch: Don't touch it you'll break it ! )

In the long term this may allow me some reasonable data ? But they all exhist to beg the question

All other tanks are incidental, or experimental, but those 3 main systems are my litmus test.

I don't believe there is a perfect method...but There Is something for everyone. Life as I know it seldom recognizes absolutes. This is an inherrent risk of corroborating research.

One of the greatest strengths of a diverse forum is in it's numbers ! This alone allows us all to test the limits daily. A group of like minded individuals that ask the very same questions without end. While it may appear tedious it is in fact honing, and keening the hobby, and the science. Prof M