Betta Marbling Out

As the name suggests this variation was bred to resemble the very popular koi pond fish.

Betta marbling out. When i first got him he had a nice marbling effect and his colors were quite vivid and had a good contrast. Care tank setup betta diseases prevention 50 427 views. Betta types the many different stunning betta colors and fin types duration. It is a partially recessive genetic so if you have a betta with the marbling gene and you breed it to a betta with no marbling genetics you might get a few marbled fry.

The jumping gene recently a discovery was made in the science of genetics. As the betta grows the marbling of colors can change as well. We can assume that the black pigment blocker shrunk. At times the marbling enhances the betta and makes it more colourful and hence more pleasing to the eye.

This is not a species found in the wild and was carefully bred over the years by aquarium hobbyist to preserve the most amazing characteristics and features. Fancy green halfmoon female betta. Alex one of my beloved bettas. It can a nice surprise and it makes keeping marble betta interesting.

I got myself a blue marble halfmoon betta. So you know what you are getting yourself into when you get a marble betta in any colours it is. All that changed after i spawned him. Red orange and black are bred on top of a white colored fish.

The cool thing about any marbling pattern is that it can change over time. I ve seen my young bettas reverse marble before but this time i have a lot that are going through it and it is really cool to observe. The koi betta is a variation of the marble type carefully selected through breeding. I hope that you enjoy looking at these changes with me.

But at other times it can turn out the other way around. These fish always seem to produce a few particolored offspring or marbles. We definitely recommend a betta fish with marbling if you want something new in your tank. Check out for latest female bettas that we have available for release on our site.

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. That is not uncommon at all.