Tough question, I’d just have to answer it to the best of my ability. I wouldn’t know in terms of nutrition, but fighting fish absolutely loves live foods such as bloodworms, mosquito wrigglers and full grown brine shrimp. Usually you can get hold of these from your local fish shop, but it’s also quite easy to go out and find it yourself.

There are kits that come with brine shrimp eggs and growth food.

For mosquito wrigglers and bloodworm just put a small piece of fruit or vegetable in an old sock and leave it in a bucket of water in the garden for a week. I guarantee you’ll have heaps of little wrigglers after a while. Let them grow (just not for too long!!!) and then simply pour the water through a net catching the wrigglers.

Other than live foods pellets work just fine – that’s what we feed all our fish most of the time.

You should feed your fish no more than what the fish can consume within five minutes. I generally do it once a day, but you can do it twice or even three times a day.

One of the biggest cause to diseases is left over food rotting on the bottom.

This depends on what type of setup you’ve got.

The water in non-filtrated bowls generally need to be changed every week, depending on the size of the bowl. If your bowl is more than 3 liters and you don’t overfeed your fish you can probably leave it a bit longer.

Never let the water get murky. If it does after just a few days you’ve got problems. Common causes include:

• Over-feeding – feed no more than what your fish can consume within 5 minutes
• Sunny location – always keep your fish away from any direct or indirect sunlight