I need help finding out the name of a color. I've seen very few of these bettas from breeders but I have spotted one or 2 at a pet store whithin the past 6 months. They are black with this pretty turquoise color on the branches of the tail. I think the color is pretty but I can't find and CTs that have nice solid DR tails. I've seen a lot of females in breeder logs and stuff. They seem to like to use them with melanos since most melano females are sterile. Anyways I can't remember the name and if you know it would really help me out.

=] sounds pretty, pic?

Ah, I found it. I got my HW finished fast so I had time to look. The color is Black orchid.

Black Orchid: This name was first coined by Henry Yin of Indonesia to describe his unique strain of prizewinning crowntails. These fish were black with heavy steel blue iridescence running through the rays of the fins. It is a very beautiful type, and fairly rare. Unfortunately they are difficult to show, as the IBC considers the iridescence a fault in the black class, yet the fact the fins aren't an entirely different color from the body make it unserviceable in the dark bicolor class as well.



Wow, I didn't know they were rare. No wonder I've only seen them twice. Maybe I should have bought them even though they were a mix rare. Once I saw wasn't that bad. His tail was mostly DR but had 2 single rays.

Picu and info from: http://bettysplendens.com

I love the black orchid. super and melano black do nothing for me. I love the turquoise on these guys.

Wow, wouldnt it be great to have one?!

it's stunning! i would love to own one!

Oh he is just goregous Sushi

Is there such thing as a black orchid with violet instead of turquoise? I see both variations on aquabid. So pretty <3

I've seen one like that from a different forum that I lurk around. It was the prettiest purple one I had seen, most purple ones don't get a vibrant color like the one I saw. I wish I could find that picture.