what's the deal with Blue Tangs?

[alexwolf]

i started turning my halides on at 3 and going until 10. While the halides are on the fans are on, the fans and the lights are hooked into a power strip pluged into the timer.

[GaryP]

Just for the record my temp got up to almost 87. It wasn't just the tangs that got sick. As a matter of fact my regal is doing OK. I lost a pseudochromis and 2 clowns. I do think the temp. was the major source of stress that caused the outbreak. It was to much of a conincidence that the outbreak occured 1-2 days after the temp. spike. I have been feeding garlic and got the temp. back under control. I saved some fish with a FW dip. Only 1 fish that was dipped subsequently died. On top of it all, I have a lazy cleaner shrimp.

Gary

[Instar]

that the outbreak occured 1-2 days after the temp. spike

Gary, you said it all right there. After means it took a dive and was back to normal.

Alex, you gotta solve the swing to keep these reef animals successfully. Its gotta be reasonalby stable.

There is a lot to controlling temperature. One small part of what I do for a living is monitor temperature and changes.
This all goes beyond the scope of this posting.
Perhaps a seminar series on this (Disease prevention) would be something people could benefit from?