Quality Marine, a big wholesalers in Los Angeles, that is getting more and more into captive bred and captive raising fish had had at least one batch of the yurples. While 'unique' looking as juveniles and priced as 'unique' and 'rare' fish. I have yet to see one grown to a teen age size or a full adult.
Some of the hybrid or unique fish don't stay that way in a home aquarium. Koi tangs are an example. Theses mottled fish come in with as many as 4 different colors splattered across them. They only come in as large sized fish. I've see a few medium larges, but no small or tiny. And long term in captivity they lose the mottled coloring.
One of the cool looking hybrid available right now is the Goldflake x Griffiths. This fish was bred by Bali Aquarich and is being distributed by
Quality Marine in the US. This is a stunning Juvenilie fish. Brilliant Yellow/gold with dramatic black splashes of coloring. But the Griffiths is not a particulary 'Splendid & Brilliantly' colored fish. So as this fish matures it's unknown what it will become.
I have a current situation with (3) Captive bred GoldFlake Angels. They are all from the same hatch. They all came from Bali Aquarich at the same time. And I acquired all 3 on the same day - at just under 2"
In the acclimation bucket on Goldflake was slightly larger than the other 2 and was beating them up in the bucket. That fish was placed into one of my outdoor frag tanks. They other 2 went into my 750g display tank. One was smart and hid, the other was bold and got his butt kicked by flameback angels and Starkii damsels. A week later battered, bruised, torn, and messed up the 'Bold' Goldflake was caught with just a hand (tattered and torn and floating) at the surface of the tank and tossed into a second outdoor frag tank.
Now 3.5 months later the 2 Goldflakes in the outdoor frag tanks are gorgeous, bright, brilliant, beautiful fish. There black fins are a solid jet black. Their yellow coloring is right up there with a yellow tang or a Lemon Peel Angel. These 2 Goldflakes are fed only maybe once a week so they feed off the frag racks eating algae and pods.
The smarter Goldflake in the 750, that hid an didn't get his butt kicked, is now out and about and not bothered by any of the fish in the 750g tank. He is fed 4-6x a day an assortment of flake, pellet, and frozen foods. All 3 tanks are the same connected system. So Parameters are 100% identical. Pod population density is pretty much the same.
But the goldflake grown under tank lighting (Radion G6 Pro XR30's) is dull, the black fins are more charcoal grey, and the fish is slightly smaller than the 2 sungrown Goldflakes.
So these Hybrids as they grow out could be greatly affected by the tank and conditions they are raised in and the final product(s) may or may not be as cool as we hope.
Dave B
