Butterfly Peacock Bass

Butterfly Ocellaris Peacock Bass

• Care Level: Intermediate
• Tank Size: 100 Gal (450 Ltr) min
• Temperament: Semi - Aggressive
• PH: 6.5 - 7.5
• Temperature: 22-28°C (76-82°F)
• Flow: Slow - Moderate

What We Like About This Animal:

• The Original peacock bass
• Excellent addition to any predator aquarium
• Impressive, but manageable size
• Active and feeding time is awesome

The “Original” Peacock Bass, Cichla Ocellaris is found throughout much of the Amazon basin in Brazil, Guyana, and Peru, although wild specimens are rarely exported. Due to their popularity as a food and sport fish, they are farmed extensively throughout parts of South America and Asia and have been introduced intentionally or accidentally in many tropical and subtropical waters. Most of these aquacultured fish available in the hobby have been hybridised at some point in their lineage, typically between C. ocellaris and C. monoculus. Like all Cichla, they are large growing, powerful, predatory fish and should be kept by experienced aquarists with suitably large aquariums or ideally indoor ponds to house these fish as adults.

Diet: The Butterfly Peacock is a Predator and live fish eater, so feeder fish will be required. They will also typically accept frozen foods and pellets once trained.