Orinoco Peacock Bass

Please check the delivery dates below before placing your order.

Overview

Everything you need to know about Orinoco Peacock Bass, at a glance:

• Common Names: Tucunaré
• Scientific Name: Cichla orinocensis
• Max Size: ~62cm
• Temperature Range: 24-27°C
• pH Range: 6.5-7, benefits from slightly soft/acidic conditions
• Compatibility: Aggressive, keep alone and only in aquariums with other large fish
• Plant Safe: No, but may leave tough-leaved varieties like Anubias and Java Fern alone
• Area Of Origin: Northern South America, Rio Negro and Orinoco River basins
• Suitable Foods: Variety of large meaty foods such as bloodworms, prawns, cockles, crab, and whitebait
• Special Requirements: Only keep in large, specialist aquariums, do not keep alongside any other type of Peacock Bass or small fish, provide lots of swimming space, ensure aquarium is well-oxygenated and equipped with powerful filtration system (sump filtration preferred), use tight-fitting lid as known to jump

How is this Orinoco Peacock Bass 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.

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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.