White Marble Betta Fish

Betta fish are known to be hard and easy to care for fish.

White marble betta fish.

If your betta fish turns white and refuses to eat it could be an indication of several diseases. Why is your betta fish turning white. In fact all the marbling effect disappeared. So crossbreeding a marble and a solid colored betta fish will usually result in a spawn of mostly solid colored fish with a few marble patterned bettas thrown into the mix.

The only time a betta fish would lose its coloration naturally is due to a marble gene. The koi betta is a variation of the marble type carefully selected through breeding. Fish with the gene may randomly change their entire color patterns. However that does not mean that diseases cannot affect them.

As the name suggests this variation was bred to resemble the very popular koi pond fish. The white betta fish might appear a bit plain when compared to other color variations. If you found your betta fish turning white then there is a high chance of fungal infections. 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.

The fins of the choice coloured marble show a sharp edged mix of light and dark colours red green blue and steel blue and the face and chin are white or pink salmon coloured. As previously mentioned bettas changing color is perfectly normal especially if you have a marble betta. 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. Displays of neurological condition.

All aquarium fish are more susceptible to fungal infections and the betta fish species is not an exception. Click subscribed to get a new video. There are no articles that prove or disprove this so let s talk about pigmentation and coloration in betta fish. 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.

And b the coloured marble. A lot of people in the fish community seem to believe this is the origin of marbling but keep in mind 40 of the human genome are transposons and we don t really marble. The marble betta is likely a partial dominant although some believe that the trait is a partial recessive or a co dominant. It changed from a blue white marble halfmoon betta into a halfmoon betta that is nearly solid blue.