- Colours, patterns, and size may vary
- Grows to max size of ~45cm
- Aggressive, especially when breeding
Please check the delivery dates below before placing your order.
Overview
Everything you need to know about Jaguar Cichlids, at a glance:
- Common Names: Aztec Cichlid, Jaguar Guapote, Managuense Cichlid
- Scientific Name: Parachromis managuensis
- Max Size: ~45cm
- Temperature Range: 23-26°C
- pH Range: 6-8
- Compatibility: Aggressive, only keep with similarly sized and boisterous fish
- Plant Safe: Yes, though best with robust varieties like Anubias and Java Fern
- Area Of Origin: Central America; Costa Rica, Honduras, and Nicaragua
- Suitable Foods: Variety of meaty live/frozen foods such as bloodworm, mysis, and chopped prawns/mussels, plus appropriately sized cichlid pellets
- Special Requirements: Keep alone or in male-female pairs, provide lots of hiding places in form of rocks, driftwood, and dense vegetation, prefer fast water movement, ensure aquarium is well-oxygentated and equipped with powerful filtration system, notorious jumpers so a tight-fitting, weighted lid is essential
How is this Jaguar Cichlid delivered?
All of our aquatic animals are dispatched from our livestock distributor and delivered directly to your door. Our distributor dispatches and delivers livestock packages on Wednesday and Thursday to avoid animals being in transit over the weekend.
After placing your livestock order, you will receive all the information needed to track your livestock order via email. If you have any problems regarding delivery, or concerns about the health/wellbeing of your animal(s) upon arrival, please contact us, Swell UK Ltd, immediately, or at least within 48 hours of receiving your livestock order.
Any other, non-livestock items that you purchase alongside livestock will be sent via standard or express delivery and arrive at your delivery address in a different package. This means that, depending on when you place your order, you may receive your non-livestock items before or after your livestock package.
For a detailed breakdown of when you can expect to receive your livestock package depending on the day you place your order, be sure to check the delivery details in the specifications below.
Above images for illustration purposes only. Exact colours, patterns, and size may vary between individuals.
Please note: The livestock that is sold on our online site is not held in store at our Swell shop, or available for collection from the shop. Species sold at our Swell store will differ from ones available to order to your door.
Order livestock by | Receive order by |
Monday 4pm | Wednesday |
Tuesday 4pm | Thursday |
Wednesday | Following Wednesday |
Thursday | Wednesday |
Friday | Wednesday |
Saturday | Wednesday |
Sunday | Wednesday |
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