Questions - Need some input

Alright, so I got all my auto top off parts in yesterday. I have some 1/4" acrylic and I want to cut a 2" wide strip and make two bends in it to make the bracket for the float switches. I have a propane torch that I was thinking of using to heat up the material. Would this be alright?

I was looking at melevs reef and look at LPS and found a Octopus coral. Do I have a octopus coral? see my profile pic was ( I thought ) a frogspawn but not sure what it is. It was sold to me as a frogspawn for $49 but is it worth more? are they rarer too find? thanks



P.S it was almost dead but turned around and is slowly recovering


this is not what it looks like now. only 2 sections of it is ...

is it okey to glue coral to magnets or snails?? If I glued GSP to a magnets and I kept the magnets moving and not let it sit days on end could the GSP still encrust to the glass???

Has anyone ever had a red Flame Scallop in your tank? what is there to taking care of it? There are a few for sale at my Local Fish Store. Always looking for a interesting animal to add to the tank.

Thanks Chris

Set up a new 75 gallon tank still a little algae left from when I started cycle over a month ago. I have been reading the posts on vodka dosing and I am deciding if I want to or not. I have no coral yet, just 2 cromis which are doing great, 6 crabs, 6 hermits, I think they are good, I only see 1 at a time and not very frequently, I have 5 turbo snails and 15 regular snails, and 2 bottles of tiggerpods they have all been in the tank for about 3 weeks. my concert is my first coral/s I leave ...