Well guys good news. I woke up this morning and my headache was gone. The regal tang had absolutley no traces of the white spots left on him. Beleive it or not it was only there for a few hours. Anyways I have raised the temp to 86 and am going to leave the lights off till sat.
Thanks again guys.

Um, why the temp spike? Higher temps mean less oxygen in the water which can lead to more stress in fish.

Well what is the "standard" temp.. My tank usualy runs on the higher side of 86 as well... I have had zero problems. But maybe I am just lucky. And can someone explain the garlic thing to me?? I have no clue on this one.

Thanks

Chad

I would say 86 is too high because of the reason I already mentioned. For a reef, accepted temps run between 77 and 82F. Fish only tend to be cooler for O2 content reasons.
Garlic is thought to cure fish of ich when fed to them. Nobody can prove it, but it works for many people, myself included. You soak their food in garlic oil and feed. Ich goes away. There is a decent article somewhere, I'll see if I can find it.
While I do that, go turn your temp down :razz:

well I think it runs that high standard because of the lights/powerhead etc.. but I will lower the heater and see..

Do you have glass tops?

No, I have a canopy on it. I think I will be putting some fans in there. I have the lid proped open right now. I know it gets even higher if it is not open.

When I added my last two powerheads the temp is harder to control now.

I would say a fan would be a good idea

I know my temp really goes up, but I didn't want to add more fans to the top of the tank so I added them in the sump. now even last week I had to put the heater on to stay at 79.

J

The only thing I worry about when it comes to fans is evaporation.. I do not have a autotop off or drip system in place yet