Tanks Ryan, and here is what was said on RC about the matter:
ASM, contrary to the rumor mill, was never a part of ER. ER contracted ASM to build the skimmer that ASM sells, originally, to be the ER "budget skimmer". After some negotiations, ASM and ER agreed that ASM should market it independently. But, since it was going to be the budget ER, it does use the same pump and needle wheel (at least so far...ER is in the process of redesigning the pump).
Sorry to upset you Em-I'm sure you would have loved to see me join the "real" club
It's not a Coralife skimmer, look on Ocean Aquatics site for all the details, many models at decent prices.
I'm really not sure about this unit tho, it has only really skimmed one day out of four. I have been told by a few ASM clubers that this could be way too much skimmer for my reef-that could explain the 3 days of just wet fizzy bubbles
