No problem and welcome to R2R, I'm new to the forum as well, I crossed the picket line from Reef Central. I hope you solve your problem though! It always helps to have good people giving honest opinions and working together to solve a problem. Let us know the outcome. I'd like to know if it continues after the skimmer breaks-in completely. If I purchase new eshopps filter socks and throw them in the sump right out of the bag, my skimmer goes bananas. So it could be a mixture of new fabrics and materials causing the skimmer to go buck wild.