Marble Betta Change Color

If you have a marble betta then you may notice that their color is changing too.

Marble betta change color. A nippyfish reader wrote in concerned about some pretty serous color changes. When the jumping gene leaves a particular location the skin pigmentation will revert to its original color. One other reason the purdy betta fish may change colors is when they go through a sort of betta fish puberty. As long as you re sure that it s not being caused by any of the problems above then don t worry.

It changed from a blue white marble halfmoon betta into a halfmoon betta that is nearly solid blue. This a condition of a mutation called as jumping gene. A marble betta can change from plain color to display large irregular patterns on its body. What is a marble betta color changing fish.

Some betta fish have what is known a marble coloration to them. Here are some of the pictures of a marble betta fish. Marble is used to. Originally uploaded by prismaviolet.

In fact all the marbling effect disappeared. If you picked up a particularly young betta fish that hasn t really reached maturity yet. If the marble genes are introduced into a line of solid colored true breeding betta fish it becomes almost impossible for the. Marble bettas rarely stay the same color their whole lives and they often end up changing colors multiple times throughout.

They ll always yield some solid color some marble and some variegated color fish. The color change can either be momentary or permanent as the jumping gene is constantly moving around the marble betta fish body. Spawns of either dark or light bodied solid color betta fish from marble stock will produce three different offspring colorations. Well she sent in some photos of her betta fish and it became immediately obvious that she has a marble betta.

There is a particular type of betta fish called marble betta fish. But of course when you take great care in proper feeding your betta fish may still maintain its full color.