{"id":3028,"date":"2026-02-16T23:23:13","date_gmt":"2026-02-16T23:23:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aquadistribution.co.uk\/product\/butterfly-peacock-bass-cichla-ocellaris\/"},"modified":"2026-03-08T17:50:50","modified_gmt":"2026-03-08T17:50:50","slug":"butterfly-peacock-bass-cichla-ocellaris","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/aquadistribution.co.uk\/?product=butterfly-peacock-bass-cichla-ocellaris","title":{"rendered":"Butterfly Peacock Bass &#8211; Cichla Ocellaris"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Butterfly Ocellaris Peacock Bass<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Care Level: Intermediate<\/li>\n<li>Tank Size:<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>100 Gal (450 Ltr) min<\/li>\n<li>Temperament: Semi &#8211; Aggressive<\/li>\n<li>PH: 6.5 &#8211; 7.5<\/li>\n<li>Temperature: 22-28\u00b0C (76-82\u00b0F)<\/li>\n<li>Flow: Slow &#8211; Moderate<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>What We Like About This Animal:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Original peacock bass<\/li>\n<li>Excellent addition to any predator aquarium<\/li>\n<li>Impressive, but manageable size<\/li>\n<li>Active and feeding time is awesome<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The \u201cOriginal\u201d 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.<\/p>\n<p><b>Diet:<\/b> 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.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Butterfly Ocellaris Peacock Bass Care Level: Intermediate Tank Size:\u00a0 100 Gal (450 Ltr) min Temperament: Semi &#8211; Aggressive PH: 6.5 &#8211; 7.5 Temperature: 22-28\u00b0C (76-82\u00b0F) Flow: Slow &#8211; 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 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":3027,"template":"","meta":[],"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[112],"product_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-3028","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-bass","8":"first","9":"instock","10":"taxable","11":"shipping-taxable","12":"purchasable","13":"product-type-variable"},"group_of_quantity":0,"min_quantity":0,"max_quantity":"","exclude_order_quantity_value_rules":"no","exclude_category_quantity_rules":"no","combine_variations":"no","exclude_global_add_ons":[],"addons":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aquadistribution.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/product\/3028","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/aquadistribution.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/aquadistribution.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aquadistribution.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3027"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/aquadistribution.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3028"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aquadistribution.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fproduct_brand&post=3028"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aquadistribution.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fproduct_cat&post=3028"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aquadistribution.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fproduct_tag&post=3028"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}