Marble Betta Change Color

A marble betta can change from plain color to display large irregular patterns on its body.

Marble betta change color.

Spawns of either dark or light bodied solid color betta fish from marble stock will produce three different offspring colorations. This a condition of a mutation called as jumping gene. One other reason the purdy betta fish may change colors is when they go through a sort of betta fish puberty. It changed from a blue white marble halfmoon betta into a halfmoon betta that is nearly solid blue.

If the marble genes are introduced into a line of solid colored true breeding betta fish it becomes almost impossible for the. I was expecting marble fishes to change colors but still retain its marbling but this one went further and transformed into a solid blue fish. Marble bettas rarely stay the same color their whole lives and they often end up changing colors multiple times throughout. When the jumping gene leaves a particular location the skin pigmentation will revert to its original color.

Originally uploaded by prismaviolet. Some betta fish have what is known a marble coloration to them. Here are some of the pictures of a marble betta fish. As long as you re sure that it s not being caused by any of the problems above then don t worry.

They ll always yield some solid color some marble and some variegated color fish. Marble is used to. But of course when you take great care in proper feeding your betta fish may still maintain its full color. What is a marble betta color changing fish.

In fact all the marbling effect disappeared. What about marble betta color change. In our last article we spoke about bettas that naturally change color over time. A nippyfish reader wrote in concerned about some pretty serous color changes.

If you picked up a particularly young betta fish that hasn t really reached maturity yet. The color change can either be momentary or permanent as the jumping gene is constantly moving around the marble betta fish body.