Yes i have a lot of experiences - that´s true but the most of it say "look at your animals and do not do the mistake to show your figures for them" Another life experiences is to just turn things the other way around. Oh it is a problem and a waste - Have to find some organism there exactly this will be their resources. Algae is normal no problem for me - I have a wide variety of CUC andI vary it with time. In the start - I hade urchins - do not need them for the moment -my snails and hermits fix it. I have also learned that what we say in Swedish "Mångfald är bättre än enfald" - direct translated will it be "Diversity is better than simplicity" - but in swedish "enfald" also stands for imbecility. We are good in sayingsYes Lasse but you are a bad example
From what I gather most of your life's work has revolved around keeping water systems healthy. You probably have knowledge on a lot of areas that only a few people like you and Randy Farley share. It kind of reminds me when I bought in an expert Gardner to look at our property and he could just look at almost every plant and identify what we were doing wrong and what needed to be changed. Nothing beats working decades on various systems and seeing it all.
It means that I try to have as many organisms as possibly in my tank and if I get a "pest" (which means something that I do not like - nothing else) - my first question - what will eat this organism. I also have learned not to use unknown chemicals and wonder remedies - if it really kills something - it will kill at least 10 organisms that have been a part of my stability. There is no goal seeking missiles in the hobby -most remedies are more like a small nuke
Sincerely Lasse