splendidbetta Posted November 12, 2006 Report Share Posted November 12, 2006 Hey all. My favourite irridescent colours are royal blue and turq/green. While I can appreciate steel blue, and some specimens can be very nice, I just don't seem to feel warm towards it. I am not completely sure why. I just seem to have a kind of aversion for it. I guess it stems from what my goals are - e.g., breeding a metallic steel to a metallic royal blue won't give me greens, which would mean I'd either use green x rb or rb x rb to give me those colours. What about you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
howlsn Posted November 12, 2006 Report Share Posted November 12, 2006 Personally Royal Blue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jess Posted November 12, 2006 Report Share Posted November 12, 2006 Not a fan of Steel either. Steel blue can be passable. They look all washed out IMO. I am a Turq/Green fan also . Thank god you do not see red wash in the anal fins like years ago. It was my worst nightmare! I love Royal Blue. My very very first HM was a RB from Melano lines He was bred by Robin from Canberra. How awesome was his colour?? Never had a fish quite the same since. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
howlsn Posted November 12, 2006 Report Share Posted November 12, 2006 Stunning fish! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
splendidbetta Posted November 12, 2006 Author Report Share Posted November 12, 2006 Very rich color! :thumbs: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robbies Betta Posted November 12, 2006 Report Share Posted November 12, 2006 Minw would have to be Steel and Royal Blue Main reason, is that I can use the steel blue for Opaques and Melano I am a big fan of crossing blues with Melano's as the blue colour becomes so much more depper and intense. The turqs I have a bit of an aversion to, because they're not "that" green. But I think I should work with them a bit more before I can fully rule them out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leela Posted November 12, 2006 Report Share Posted November 12, 2006 I love royal blues and greens. Turq's I'm not too bothered by either way. I'm wasn't particularly fond of steels until my latest spawn produced some steel marbles, and black/steel lace boys, which are actually quite an interesting colour. You can't beat a fullmask royal blue tho. This is my most favourite guy ever, who hasn't been spawned yet! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
splendidbetta Posted November 12, 2006 Author Report Share Posted November 12, 2006 Green is genetic Turquoise. It's just a different shade. I guess to guarantee a proper Green you would do Copper x Turquoise and work on that. Olivia, that male is stunning, and you must breed him or I will die :thumbs: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jess Posted November 12, 2006 Report Share Posted November 12, 2006 He is stunning!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leela Posted November 12, 2006 Report Share Posted November 12, 2006 He will be bred, I just have to wait for a spare tank, maybe in a month or so. :thumbs: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuckie Posted November 12, 2006 Report Share Posted November 12, 2006 I like all. Metallic Royal Blue is such a surreal colour, I especially like that. The sheen on a metallic turquoise is also magnificent, the boy I sent to the show before last was like the colour of peacock feathers. But like Rob, I have always had a thing for steels, for the same reason - ability to use them in melano and opaque lines. They are pretty understated too, which I admire. I prefer the metallic versions of RB and Turq, as I generally aim to produce metallic (ie copper/gold/platinum) bettas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Posted November 12, 2006 Report Share Posted November 12, 2006 I'm with Lilli that metallic royal blue is the best (IMO) I remember a pair of metallic royal blue HMPK's that i bought from Edie a year or so ago, they were the most AMAZING fish ever, probably the best HMPK's i have ever seen. Unfortunatly i got them during winter and had a heater malfunction and they died because of the cold water ( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuckie Posted November 12, 2006 Report Share Posted November 12, 2006 the ones you got from edie are what I was thinking when I said they were a surreal colour! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Celeste84 Posted November 12, 2006 Report Share Posted November 12, 2006 i love all three - metallic and non metallic - they're all so beautiful and the sight of a fully masked irid is just stunning compared to say a red or black ( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canary Posted November 13, 2006 Report Share Posted November 13, 2006 I have to admit that I have a soft spot for turquoise. My first betta was a turquoise PK. I love Royal Blue though and aspire to get one ...and one of them and one of them and...oh!... got to have one of them... :blink: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jumper Posted November 13, 2006 Report Share Posted November 13, 2006 though not breeding any of those kinds for now i do like the deep blue or "royal blue" blue has been one of my favourite colours since a kiddo, so its all embedded but for now i will stick to reds or redder tones for the time being, then probably i shall move onto other things in life Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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