• Clean tank with an aquarium safe sponge.
• Change 25% of the water per week after stirring gravel.
• Never change more than 1/2 of the water at a time.
• Feed a maximum of what they can eat in 30sec - ensure that you can`t see one spec after 30sec - once a day, in the morning, 6 times per week.
• Feed New Life Spectrum pellets as they are the best, healthiest and cleanest food on the market.
• Only one person is allowed to feed.
• Add 1 teaspoon aquarium salt per 5lt of the tank.
• Test pH weekly keep it 7.0. If ph blue add 1 teaspoon of yellow powder. If ph yellow do water change.
• Carbonate Hardness must be present between 80 – 150ppm. This must be tested using a KH test kit.
• Aim to have a green to greeny-blue pH.
• Add double dose of Easy-life water ager to any tap water.
• Never clean gravel in tap water.
• Never use tap water to clean your filter as it contains chlorine, which kills bacteria. No bacteria, no fish.
• Lack of bacteria will create cloudy water.
• Light only on when fish are being viewed, MAX 8 HOURS.
• Add Easy-life weekly to help to stabilize and improve water quality.
• Fighters like to be kept in a warm position, aim for 25’C. They are best kept with an aquarium heater.
• Use a bucket or container which is only used for the fish water and avoid contact with detergents.
• Fighters live about a year in the wild.

Place a bit of polyfilter in the water of the tank and replace it when it turns black. The polyfilter will remove all the bad stuff from the water including phosphate which is what creates algae!

By Paul Talbot