🎸💙 Wild Guitar Blue Smaragdina Male Betta Fish | Botanical Wild Betta

💙 Guitar Form. Metallic Blue. Pure Wild Character.

The Wild Guitar Blue Smaragdina Male Betta Fish is a captivating form of Betta smaragdina featuring a dark natural body covered in shimmering blue to blue-green metallic scales. Combined with its distinctive Guitar-line appearance, compact fins, and streamlined wild body, this Betta delivers the raw beauty that makes wild Smaragdina so fascinating.

This fish is best appreciated in a dark botanical-style aquarium. Tannin-stained water, fallen leaves, natural driftwood, floating plants, and subdued lighting create a dramatic environment where its metallic blue scales can shine through the shadows. 🌿🌑✨

🌊 Electric Blue That Comes Alive in Dark Water

Under soft aquarium lighting, the scales can flash between deep ocean blue, electric blue, turquoise, teal, and metallic blue-green. Against dark botanicals and natural wood, these reflective scales create an incredible contrast.

Every Guitar Blue Smaragdina is naturally unique. Color and pattern intensity may change with lighting, viewing angle, mood, stress level, and aquarium conditions. Newly arrived fish may appear darker or muted after shipping, so allow time for your Betta to settle and reveal its full metallic expression.

🍂 Recommended Botanical / Blackwater Setup

• 🍁 Botanicals: Indian almond leaves, seed pods, and aquarium-safe leaf litter
• 🪵 Hardscape: Driftwood, roots, branches, and natural hiding areas
• 🌿 Plants: Floating plants and low-light aquatic plants
• 🌑 Environment: Dark, tannin-rich botanical water strongly recommended
• 💡 Lighting: Low to moderate / subdued
• 💧 Flow: Gentle filtration and calm water movement
• 🔒 Lid: Secure aquarium lid strongly recommended

Botanicals are a key part of our recommended Wild Smaragdina setup. Leaf litter, tannins, natural wood, plants, and shaded areas create a more natural presentation while providing the perfect dark backdrop for the Guitar Blue's brilliant metallic coloration.

📋 Product Specifications

🌿 Care & Important Notes

• 🎸 Distinctive Guitar Blue Smaragdina wild form
• 💙 Features blue, turquoise, teal, and metallic blue-green iridescence
• ✔️ Botanical / tannin-rich aquarium strongly recommended
• ✔️ Dark botanicals help showcase the brilliant metallic blue coloration
• ✔️ Provide leaf litter, driftwood, floating plants, and shaded hiding areas
• ✔️ Metallic coloration naturally shifts with lighting and viewing angle
• ✔️ Pattern and blue intensity will vary between individual fish
• ✔️ Color may appear muted after shipping—allow time to settle
• ✔️ Males can be territorial and should be housed appropriately
• ✔️ Always use a secure aquarium lid—wild Bettas are excellent jumpers

🎸💙 Dark water. Fallen leaves. One electric-blue flash—the Guitar Smaragdina reveals itself.