Alcohol Dosing in a Reef Tanks

[fencer]

I started using vodlka in my reef tank 2 months ago after reading the comments on RC. While some dosed to the point of bacterial overgrowth, I chose a slight different thinking. I wanted to use this a a secondary carbon source for coral feeding. My first choice was vinegar but I have to neutralize first, too much trouble. Acetate ion are more readliy incorporated in to the coral biochemical pathway. First of all I don't have a very high bioload...no fish. I use ozone and dose with salifert supplements once a week. The total volume of the system is about 100g. I started dosing at 2ml/100gallons over a period of 6 hours. I stopped when I noticed changes in the tank. This was a a dose rate of 10ml of alcohol/day. Here is what I saw your results may differ:

1. Tank clarity was better
2. No algae except for this fuzzy ball stuff and even it has slowed down
3. I can no longer grow cheato in the sump or anything else
4. My pod population has exploded
5. Brown fuzzy SPS's started losing hair(not all of them), instead there are now white polyps waving in the water
6. Becasue of 5, colours in the corals are now staring to show. Starting to look like Snappy's tank

I will add more comment when I start seeing any changes