The food of the two-color strawberry fish is mainly animal bait and artificial feed. When artificially raised, the bait that can be fed are brine shrimp, fish and insects, and marine fish pellet feed. etc., will also eat ornamental shrimp and nasty bristle worms.

It should be noted that the temperature is too low and the water quality is easy to deteriorate due to food spoilage or decomposition of fish feces. Causes two-color strawberry fish to get sick, so it is necessary to change the water frequently to ensure the water quality is clean .