Marble Betta Color Change

It is not an indication of disease but rather an interesting work of nature.

Marble betta color change.

Marble betta fish as they re called in the industry have a type of jumping gene that can cause a natural change in the color of the fish. Stress stripes or racing stripes. 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.

I introduce my new koi betta mushu and show you how he has changed color in the last three months. As the gene jumps between chromosomes it may alter the skin pigmentation of betta fish which can happen several times during their lifetime. When the jumping gene leaves a particular location the skin pigmentation will revert to its original color. This is just a quick video and a little different from my.

The marble mutation marble mb gene appears to be a partly dominant gene and it has highly variable expression. Why is your betta fish turning white. I don t think that s a marble beta reply. The color change can either be momentary or permanent as the jumping gene is constantly moving around the marble betta fish body.

They tend to lose some of their color and undergo a condition called. However if your betta is showing signs of sickness or stress such as lethargy hiding and not eating you should thoroughly check him and make sure he s not suffering from something. These types of betta fish are notorious for changing colors. These marbled bettas have a really interesting gene mutation known as the jumping gene.

These fish have a mutation in their genes which causes them to change colors often but they are just as healthy as other fish. Real marble betas change color from say blue black and orange to maybe green yellow and red and change like that. Yes under the circumstances when the betta fish is stressed then it would change color. Sometimes changing betta colors many different times throughout their life.

As previously mentioned bettas changing color is perfectly normal especially if you have a marble betta. Introducing this gene into a true breeding solid colored line will make it very difficult for the breeder to return their stock back to a true breeding solid colored type the ideal marble has about a 50 50 split between the light body color and the darker color over the top.