Blue Orchid

[steve0199us]

How many of you have seen a yellow/ reddish tailed blue orchid?
One of my males does not have the traditional bluish tail.

[Heyguy74]

Do males only come with blue tails? If so, then I would guess you have a hybrid or another local.

[steve0199us]

Well, I was reading a sellers web site and they said "so far" they only came across blue tailed males. I bought a group of fry from someone last year and the only cyp he had were Blue Orchids which were breeding on a regular basis. All the males I have look like a Blue Orchid just like the profile on CF. it's just this one male that has the unique tail color.
Correct me if I'm wrong but orange red tail utinta are a rare specimen.

Do I have a rare blue orchid? or is it kind of common?

[Longstocking]

I don't know if it's rare or not... but I was under the impression all types of Cyprichromis come in two color forms.