Marble Coloration Betta

It is a partially dominant gene meaning that if a solid betta is crossed with a marble it is likely to get many fries in solid colors that carry the marble gene.

Marble coloration betta.

A marble betta can change from plain color to display large irregular patterns on its body. The jumping gene enables the marble betta fish to change color unusually. The jumping gene recently a discovery was made in the science of genetics. What is a marble betta color changing fish.

Generally bettas are a favorite aquarium fish. Also an interesting dilemma that many people face when they go shopping for betta fish is deciding which color of betta fish to choose. But of course when you take great care in proper feeding your betta fish may still maintain its full color. Usually a cellophane based body with red and black spots of color.

A crossbreeding of a marble stock betta of one color type may cause the marbling effect in the pattern of a betta of a non marble type. Like a koi fish. This page is a reference for common color types and variations of bettas. Chocolate bettas chocolate halfmoon dumbo ears betta chocolate halfmoon betta.

These fish always seem to produce a few particolored offspring or marbles. The color deepens when the betta fish is aging normally. However if the loss of color is accompanied by symptoms such as lethargy a lack of appetite or bloating you should likely take immediate action. Marble betta their colors appear blotchy and irregular often with a light pale solid body color with rich reds and blues creating a pattern.

The marble betta is the pre runner of the koi betta. A marble betta has irregular patterns throughout the body and fins that can change with age. A koi betta is simply a commercial label strain name nickname for a specific coloration of a marble betta. Marble is a name for a transposon jumping gene.

The chocolate betta should look brown to the eye but there is a tendency for brown to have an orange hue to it. A dna sequence that can change its position within the genome. Betta fish breeders have inserted a jumping gene also called transposons into the gene of a normal betta fish to create the marble betta fish variety. Betta fish names by color.

But instead of having 3 colours in a marble effect there is only 2 colours on the body. Fins can show a marble like pattern or solid translucent coloration. So what s a marble betta. Bf butterfly bf butterfly this is a patterned fish.

Fish with the gene may randomly change their entire color patterns. When the betta fish is about two years old it will gradually lose its luster and dull in appearance. Body can be any solid color and then the unpaired fins have two or sometimes three color bands.