Here is some info I found online about this skimmer. They all talk about this unit having a break in period.

http://www.reefland.com/forum/tanks-...ebo-180-a.html

http://forums.aquariumhobbyist.com/v...p?id=1624,1624

http://www.chataquariums.com/forums/...read.php?t=833

Here is a thread here with a couple of folks that ran one for a while.

http://www.maast.org/index.php?name=...a85dd26084705e