@albano The Paracentropyge hybrids. They’re meant to be a rare occurrence, a result of barely overlapping ranges, maybe specific depths, and once in a blue moon when a pair or harem of each is spawning in close proximity. By being able to “mass produce” them, I just think it loses a bit of that appeal. Just me though, don’t mean to dismiss someone else.
Like, you sort of see this with the “Tigerpyge” that Bali Aquarich is breeding. What was once a special fish, is now being commercialized, but I have the quotation marks because the Lemonpeel variant used for their hybrids is (likely) the Central / South Pacific variant (broodstock most likely from Fiji) with the blue eye rings, while the actual, “authentic” (whatever that means) hybrid is found only in a very limited range in Australian offshore islands, and is a result of the Eibli mating with the “Cocopeel”, which has a blue iris and is very rarely, if ever imported into the trade and has a much higher $$ than the common Pacific Lemonpeel (which is now, relatively common captive bred and not too pricey).
I guess, I’m just a sucker for that “part of nature”. But hey, I mean, the fact that such a thing is happening, in the bigger context of captive breeding, is still good to have.
