Orange Marble Angelfish

Orange Marble Blushing	Orange Marble Blushing	Orange Marble Blushing
8 week old Premium Juvenile

Juvenile Premium Orange Marble Blushing Angelfish N/A

Number of above juveniles with veil fins - N/A

Regular and Select Orange Marble - not available at this time.

Juveniles have approximately nickel/quarter size bodies.

Orange Marble is the newest variety showing lots of color. They tend to start out with less orange than a Koi, but it tend to get brighter and more intense than the average Koi color. The greater amounts of black and the high contrast makes for a stunning fish! The Orange Marble Blushing tend to color-up earlier than the Orange Marbles. The non-blushing Orange Marbles tend to have more coverage of color on their bodies. You can expect the color to get more intense as they age, if conditions are not stressful.

We price our Orange Marble angelfish based on the amount of orange on them. Our Regular Orange Marbles have approximately 0-20% orange coverage on their bodies. Our Premium Orange Marbles have approximately 20-40% orange, and our Select Orange Marbles range from about 40-80% orange on the body. Keep in mind that the greater amount of black can cover much of the orange. Many of the "Selects" have very little white, mostly orange and black.

Orange Marble Color Genetics

(M/g) or (M/M) The Blushing also have two Stripeless genes. Like the Koi, this is a fish with a very complex color genetic makeup. The only known gene interactions are from Marble, Gold and Stripeless alleles in different combinations. There is great variability in the expression of orange pigment. The requirements to get good expression are not completely understood. A non-stressing environment is very important and foods containing carotenoids are also effective in developing and maintaining color.