Purple Yellow Hybrid Tang has been made!!!

[DavidinGA]

Who's buying one?!?

More reading....

Purple X Yellow Tang Hybrid is a Crowning Achievement for Bali Aquarich | Reef Builders | The Reef and Saltwater Aquarium Blog

We recently paid a long overdue visit to Mr Su who’s Bali Aquarich is a Marine fish Photography heaven. We always get to take pictures of the craziest fish possible whenever we go there…

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There is also a video of one swimming in a clear container out there too, but I can't get the link to work from Facebook since it's private. Maybe someone else can post it....?

 

[TL1]

Crazy. Wonder what it will look like as an adult.

 

[A Young Reefer]

I want to see how the behaviour on this thing is like.

 

[Anemone_Fanatic]

This is a very neat fish. I hope that they become readily available, but the article says that the broodstock have been separated.

 

[JGT]

Meh, Some things weren’t meant to be cross bred. Prefer the OG for both.

 

[Squidward]

Not a fan of yellow tangs so nope

 

[Dburr1014]

Not a fan of all this cross breeding.
Let mother nature do its thing.

 

[hart24601]

It’s very cool, can’t wait to see the looks and behavior of adults

 

[squidarcher]

Meh, Some things weren’t meant to be cross bred. Prefer the OG for both.

Crossbreeding happens commonly in nature as well. It's part of speciation

 

[polyppal]

Meh, Some things weren’t meant to be cross bred. Prefer the OG for both.

 

[polyppal]

Looks like a $9999 discus to me

 

[JGT]

Crossbreeding happens commonly in nature as well. It's part of speciation

Yep, but somehow I don’t think this is the work of Mother Nature.

 

[A Young Reefer]

Yep, but somehow I don’t think this is the work of Mother Nature.

Well neither any of the ”dwarf” or the absurd looking clowns are . Also this is still a juvenile should colour up nicely once it grows.

 

[Dburr1014]

Well neither any of the ”dwarf” or the absurd looking clowns are . Also this is still a juvenile should colour up nicely once it grows.

I'm not really a fan of those either. LOL, I guess I'm old school.

 

[Potatohead]

Not a fan of yellow tangs so nope

Crossbreeding happens commonly in nature as well. It's part of speciation

While that is true, with these two fish endemic to opposite sides of the world, it wouldn't happen in this case.

 

[JGT]

I'm not really a fan of those either. LOL, I guess I'm old school.

Same here.

 

[bnord]

are there purpleXpurple captive breds available? Have missed that? or is there something special about yellows that facilitate breeding?

 

[Daniel@R2R]

I love the look of these! I absolutely want one if they become available at an accessible price.

 

[Pntbll687]

That fish is just ugly.

Now if it grows to have a deep purple body with yellow fins, that's cool. But this fish just looks like a super pale purple tang.

 

[Potatohead]

That fish is just ugly.

Now if it grows to have a deep purple body with yellow fins, that's cool. But this fish just looks like a super pale purple tang.

It's a juvenile. Juvi yellow tangs are very pale as well.