I started a new tank recently; it's a reefer 170 and it has been up for about three months. There are no corals in there at the moment, but coral algae are growing. Currently I am dosing 45ml of alkalinity, 45ml of calcium and 200ml of Limewater (1/2 tbsp dissolved in 2 liters of water) each day to keep my alkalinity stable. I dose Randy Holmes-Farley's Recipe #1. Currently alk is 8.0, Cal 450 Mag 1425 pH 8.18. The amount I dose seems a lot to me, but I a have no comparison. First time I dose soda ash, in the past I only used sodium bicarbonate. What do you think?