One other reason the purdy betta fish may change colors is when they go through a sort of betta fish puberty.
Marble betta change color.
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.
As long as you re sure that it s not being caused by any of the problems above then don t worry.
Spawns of either dark or light bodied solid color betta fish from marble stock will produce three different offspring colorations.
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There is a particular type of betta fish called marble betta fish.
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.
They ll always yield some solid color some marble and some variegated color fish.
In fact all the marbling effect disappeared.
What is a marble betta color changing fish.
If you picked up a particularly young betta fish that hasn t really reached maturity yet.
It changed from a blue white marble halfmoon betta into a halfmoon betta that is nearly solid blue.
A marble betta can change from plain color to display large irregular patterns on its body.
This a condition of a mutation called as jumping gene.
What about marble betta color change.
The color change can either be momentary or permanent as the jumping gene is constantly moving around the marble betta fish body.
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.
Some betta fish have what is known a marble coloration to them.
If you have a marble betta then you may notice that their color is changing too.
Marble is used to.
If the marble genes are introduced into a line of solid colored true breeding betta fish it becomes almost impossible for the.