Buddy found new fish in his tank. New never before captive breed or hybrid?

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That's pretty neat. They do look like the anthias. On the other hand they also look exactly like my molly fry... As I understand it they aren't like tangs in that breeding them is particularly difficult, it's just that they are imported in such vast numbers that it's not economically viable.

It's actually not unprecedented for clownfish fry to survive in a reef tank - you just need the right mix of microfauna. In nature they don't hatch into a cloud of rotifers, they hunt down in the little holes in the rocks. So if your friend picked up a population of rotifers as a hitchhiker at some point (or contaminated the tank from one of his grow out tanks) and they've survived it's very possible for a few fry to make it.
I was under the impression clowns swam to the top of the water column where the swarm of microfauna are before settling on the reef once they pass meta
 
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Update: no color still. He says they look basically the same, but a little bigger. He said he will be moving them to a bigger tank soon.

New video. He says if you look toward the end of the video, they swim pretty dang fast.
 

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Update: no color still. He says they look basically the same, but a little bigger. He said he will be moving them to a bigger tank soon.

New video. He says if you look toward the end of the video, they swim pretty dang fast.

Anyone else just get a video of some dudes feet?
 

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This is so much fun to keep updated on. Really excited to find out what type of fish these are
 
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