Here are some of the pictures of a marble betta fish.
Marble betta change color.
In fact all the marbling effect disappeared.
In our last article we spoke about bettas that naturally change color over time.
What is a marble betta color changing fish.
The color change can either be momentary or permanent as the jumping gene is constantly moving around the marble betta fish body.
Well she sent in some photos of her betta fish and it became immediately obvious that she has a marble betta.
Marble bettas rarely stay the same color their whole lives and they often end up changing colors multiple times throughout.
Originally uploaded by prismaviolet.
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.
This a condition of a mutation called as jumping gene.
They ll always yield some solid color some marble and some variegated color fish.
If you picked up a particularly young betta fish that hasn t really reached maturity yet.
If you have a marble betta then you may notice that their color is changing too.
It changed from a blue white marble halfmoon betta into a halfmoon betta that is nearly solid blue.
What about marble betta color change.
A nippyfish reader wrote in concerned about some pretty serous color changes.
If the marble genes are introduced into a line of solid colored true breeding betta fish it becomes almost impossible for the.
Spawns of either dark or light bodied solid color betta fish from marble stock will produce three different offspring colorations.
There is a particular type of betta fish called 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.
One other reason the purdy betta fish may change colors is when they go through a sort of betta fish puberty.
A marble betta can change from plain color to display large irregular patterns on its body.
Some betta fish have what is known a marble coloration to them.