I was about to buy the N24 model with the Black Friday sale deal but since I have seen too many threads on the failure and tough maintenance on using this device, I decided not to buy it. Best decision I made for this Black Friday sale.
it was a very old Hydometer ,, I was thinking this might be the problem ,, then I found this thread ,, now I am thinking maybe its not my salinity that's the problem, couldn't have helped ,, but it seems like there might be other problems with this piece of equipment ,, I got the water back to right and will load my Pax up with some fresh Chatto ,, see what happens ,, if it turns the Chatto to mush again ,, I will go back to growing Chatto in a tray in the sump tank with another kind of light over it ,, that worked good before ,, the down side ,, pieces of chatto would break off and get into my return pump ,, 
I am going thru the Pax turning my Chatto to mush as it seems everyone else is having this problem ,, the first two times I used it ,, it worked great, I was a happy camper , was thinking this was the best money I had ever spent ,,, the last two times it has turned my Chatto to mush ,,
My Hydrometer was off ,, it was reading 1.25 was actually 1.32
I dose liquid iron to the system every week ,, plus 10ml of a product called Chatto Grow ,, I also have Nitrates in the system ,, I am sure they are high as the Pax hasn't been working ,, so my chatto is getting what it needs to grow ,, I am not understanding why this is going on ,, it shouldn't be ,, if the Pax works good enough to grow the Chatto a few times ,, there is no reason for it to stop working and turn the Chatto to mush ,, I am not a smart person though
If your salinity was that high that would also skyrocket your alk, which would kill chaeto too.I am going thru the Pax turning my Chatto to mush as it seems everyone else is having this problem ,, the first two times I used it ,, it worked great, I was a happy camper , was thinking this was the best money I had ever spent ,,, the last two times it has turned my Chatto to mush ,,
My Hydrometer was off ,, it was reading 1.25 was actually 1.32
I dose liquid iron to the system every week ,, plus 10ml of a product called Chatto Grow ,, I also have Nitrates in the system ,, I am sure they are high as the Pax hasn't been working ,, so my chatto is getting what it needs to grow ,, I am not understanding why this is going on ,, it shouldn't be ,, if the Pax works good enough to grow the Chatto a few times ,, there is no reason for it to stop working and turn the Chatto to mush ,, I am not a smart person though
I think the Pax Bellum has to much white light in it ,, I think more red would be better ,, but ,, if the white light from Lowe's grew the chatto ,, the Pax Bellum should be growing it ,, not turning it into mush ,, I am getting my Phosphate number back up and then will give the Pax one last try ,,
when I bought my Pax ,, I bought a second light for it ,, my plan is to use my Pax two more times ,, first time ,, the way it sits now ,, if that doesn't work ,, I will run a second batch of Chatto thru it with the new second light ,, I want to make sure this thing isn't going to work before I throw it in the trash ,, like I did with the Skimz reactor I had before the Pax ,,
