Quality Marine makes a rare move to auction limited supply of Resplendent Cherubfish

By on Feb 21, 2012

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The "Resplendent Cherubfish", a hybrid of Centropyge resplendens X C. argi.

The "Resplendent Cherubfish", a hybrid of Centropyge resplendens X C. argi.

In a move that seems highly atypical for the wholesale aquarium livestock industry (and a bit exciting), Quality Marine today announced that they will releasing their cache of Frank Baensch’s newest hybrid captive-bred Angelfish, the “Resplendent Cherubfish” , a cross between Centropyge resplendens and C. argi. What is unusual about the Resplendent Cherubfish is that these fish will not simply be placed on the Quality Marine availability list with a fixed price for retailers to clamor over.

Instead, these fish will be sold at auction to retailers. This means that the market will truly set the value of these fish, and as Quality Marine’s official post suggests, there’s hope that this will provide the maximum returns to Frank Baensch and Reef Culture Technologies:

This is one of the only Centropyge angelfish in the world that was hybridized in captivity. It is a cross between the Resplendent Pygmy (C. resplendens) Angel from Ascension Island and the Cherubfish (C. argi) from the Caribbean. An extremely limited quantity of this captive bred and raised angel are here at QM. They are now about 200 days old, and 1″-2″ in length. They are eating small spectrum pellets. I got to take pictures. Sweet huh? We are going to auction these off to help support the facility that raised them. Contact your sales rep if you are interested.

If you’re an aquarium retailer, be sure to contact Quality Marine to get your hat in the ring!

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  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=649092420 Eli Fleishauer

    Thanks for the post Matt. We (at QM) think efforts like these from RCT are extremely important to the industry and we are proud to help support it.  Clearly, you think it is important too.  Thanks.

  • http://www.madhatterreef.com/ MadHatter’s Reef

    Almost looks like a cross between a lemon peel and a coral beauty

  • CaliReefer

    I really hope this makes Frank Baensch a ton of $ so he can fully grasp how much all his efforts and successes are appreciated. When I read that he was only doing this cross one time I was disappointed, but now hopeful he can raise enough money through QM to see a reason to continue this type of breeding long term and hopefully on a larger scale.

    To most of us lifers in the hobby, it really isn’t about the $, and I know if I had the choice today between picking a $50 wild caught Potter’s Angel vs a $250 tank bred Potter’s Angel I would pick the $250 one every time because to me it is the ethical choice. I believe if the breeders have enough support early on that the $250 Potter’s angel will eventually become a $40 Potter’s angel and hopefully get to the point where there is no point in taking them out of the ocean any longer. Insert whatever fish you prefer. Obviously some fish are much easier to breed than others (thinking Tangs being one of the more difficult) but I have no doubt eventually any obstacle can be overcome. There are too many intelligent and passionate people in this hobby not to.

    Well done Frank and QM for taking it one step further by making more people aware and allowing the marketplace to show the true value of his success.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_YZSNG2KISWNNWZUZ4FV7KFGEEI amit

    auctioning this particular fish-lot is a wise decision to get best possible return for everyone concerned…..though i guess it will fall short of what Blue Harbor will manage to sell their batch at…

  • velvetelvis

    One of these little beauties showed up on Diver’s Den tonight. It makes the one in this picture look plain!
     
    http://www.liveaquaria.com/diversden/itemdisplay.cfm?c=2733+3&ddid=148061&ref=4282&subref=AI&cmpid=E-_-TR-_-DDN-_-PRDCT