Betta Fish Marbling

Most of the time they stop after a while.

Betta fish marbling. Males in particular are prone to high levels of aggression and will attack each other if housed in the same tank. If the solid colored parent betta carries the marble gene the percentage of marbled fry increases. Betta fish are jumpers always secure a lid on your tank. So i got my betta fresco several weeks ago and you can see him in my picture from when i first got him i m pretty sure he s doing that whole marbling thing because he definitely has more blue scales now and around the blue scales it almost looks like the blue color is bleeding over onto the white ones.

Never place 2 males or a male and female in the same tank unless breeding. The females live in a sorority tank and the males each have their own 3 gallon tanks. This species is relatively young first bred by ahmad yusuf in indonesia around 25 years ago. A male marbling half moon 2 crowntail females one black the other multicolored and 3 veiltail females.

The crowntail betta is one of the most popular freshwater fish. The siamese fighting fish betta splendens also known as the betta is a popular fish in the aquarium trade bettas are a member of the gourami family and are known to be highly territorial. 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. Don t restrict access to the water s surface or fill your tank to its maximum capacity.

Betta fish need natural day and night light cycles. Butterfly betta are also common carriers of the marbled genes so s he might start marbling. They have a big chance of being marbled since cellophane white betta often pop up in marbled batches. Sometimes however they marble for a very long time or even all their life.

Look for white betta.