3 part and Kalk overkill?

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I am currently running a 225g Sps heavy tank. About 10-12 softball colonies and 10-14 fist sized ones. Alot of zoos and palys and 3 large clams.

I have 2tsp's Kalk to every 1 gallon of RODI in the ATO reservoir.

My bubble magus doser doses 185ml a day divided into 12 doses of the BRS soda ash (2.5 cups to 1 gallon mixed solution.)

I also dose 200ml of calcium chloride also chopped up into 12 doses per day.

20ml of magnesium solution a day in 8 doses.

Question is: does one react to the other in a precipitating manner.

Is this a good way to keep my levels?

The reason I use Kalk in my ATO is that Gfo would lower my ph significanty.

I only achieved stable ph with Kalk, I could not do the same with just 2 part I have tried but am open ears.

Kalk in my last system 90 gallon was real stable but with half the coral load and without the 2 part/3part, just Kalk.

My results now is 7.8-8.9 alk and calcium is pretty much tuned at 420-430.

I just want to perfect this alkalinity thing.

Am I doing things right?
 
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Today alk dipped to 7 on the Salifert test. Frustrating.

430 calcium
1340 Magnesium
.000 phosphate
2 Nitrate
 

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