I think you're in for a long haul if you're expecting it to eat that penny off of your tongs there...

Cool chondro though - I'm not familiar with Lerahs...is that diffused stripe pretty typical or would that be considered a blaze coloration? I hatched out one blaze a few years ago out of a clutch of 36 but the diffuse red was all over the body. It looked like somebody shot it with some rusty-colored spray paint.