The pastel is great to handle, the only time he strikes is first thing in the morning when the light comes on lol.

At the moment the females are in 20 long tanks, the males are in 10 gallon tanks. This weekend I'll be building our first rack, a 9 bin unit, for 41q sterilite bins. It will be heated by 11" flex watt, regulated by a VE-300 thermostat. I am not a big fan of heat lamps, but we only have them on 2 tanks at the moment.