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