10 month update - Zinc problem, NO3 too high and other problem :(

Below you have links to both videos which inspired me to start this hobby
EAT SLEEP Reef
• Epic Nano Reef Tank (@...
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• Super Simple Reef tank...
THIS IS A 10 MONTH UPDATE ON MY AQUARIUM
AS I WILL BE TALKING THROUGH MY RECENT EXPERIENCE I WILL ALSO SHOW YOU A QUICK PHOTO SLIDE FROM THE BEGINNING WHEN I WAS GETTING MY AQUARIUM DONE AND AT THE END I WILL SHOW YOU THE CURRENT STATE.
IT HAS BEEN 10 MONTH AND ONLY NOW I LEARNED A LITTLE ABOUT WHAT DO I NEED TO DO WITH CERTAIN THINGS FOR EXAMPLE, MY BIGGEST PROBLEM SO FAR WAS MAGNESIUM I HAD TO DOSE AT SOME POINT 250ML PER DAY OF SOLUTION 1 JUST TO GO OVER 1300 PPM
PEOPLE SAID TO ME GO AND GET A COVER NET OVER THE AQUARIUM AS THE FISH ARE EXPENSIVE AND THEY TEND TO JUMP BUT I ONLY GOT IT ONCE I FOUND £80 NEXT TO THE DOOR AND £120 NEXT TO MY DESK. THEY WERE PRETTY DRYSO IF YOU ARE A NEW GUY IN THIS HOBBY DO GET A COVER NET
THE OTHER THING WAS A SKIMMER. I HAD IT EITHER UNDERPERFORMING OR OVERPERFORMING IT WAS JUST ALLOVER THE PLACE. RIGHT NOW IT SEEMS SETTLED BUT I AM STILL NOT QUITE CONVINCED THAT IT IS ALL RIGHT AT THE MOMENT
RO WATER, AGAIN I LEARNED THE HARD WAY TO KEEP CHANGING PREFILTERS MUCH MORE OFTEN THAN 8 MONTHS.I SENT MY TANK WATER AND RO WATER TO THE LAB AND CAME UP THAT MY ZINK LEVEL IN THE TANK WAS 3.9 MG/L AND IN MY RO WATER IT WAS 46 MG/L THE ONLY ELEMENT WHICH WAS RIGHT AT RED SCALEWHEN I TOOK OUT MY FIRST PREFILTER IT HAS VERY DARK BROWN SLIME ON IT. APPARENTLY, WHEN YOU CHANGING IT IT SHOULD BE LIKE WHITE COFFEE COLOUR.
AFTER THE FILTER CHANGE I DID NOT CHECK THE WATER YET BUT I DO BELIEVE AND HOPE THAT THE ZINC LEVEL WILL DROP
I LOST SO FAR 4 CORALS AND WITH THAT LOSS I MEET MY NEW ENEMY WHICH IS NO3.
WHERE EVERYTHING ELSE SEEMS TO BE FINE MY NO3 KEEP GROWING AND NOW IS OVER 50 WHICH IS BADSO CURRENTLY I ORDERED NOPOX BY RED SEA + PHOSPHATE AS RIGHT NOW MY PHOSPHATE IS NOT TOO HIGH SO AS I WILL BE DOSING NOPOX IT WILL EAT UP MY PHOSPHATE TOO.I WILL GIVE IT A TRY AND SEE HOW IT GOES BUT NEXT YEAR I ALSO WANT TO TRY A BIODENITRATOR
IN THIS VIDEO YOU HAVE PROBABLY NOTICED MY ENTIRE FRAME IS MADE FROM STEEL WHICH WAS MY FIRST BIGGEST MISTAKE AND PROBABLY THE LAST WHICH WILL BE RECTIFIED.
SO OVERALL IM KIND OF OK EXCEPT FOR MY NO3 ISSUE WHICH I WILL START TO FIGHT AGAINST IN THE NEXT FEW DAYS
IF YOU DO HAVE ANY RECOMMENDATION OR OTHER SOLUTION HOW TO REDUCE THE NO3 LEVEL PLEASE DO TELL IN COMMENT SECTION THAT WILL BE MUCH APPRECIATED
THANK YOU FOR WATCHING AND I WILL SEE YOU IN THE NEXT VIDEO

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