I have a pond in Northeastern Thailand and I do have the peacock bass stocked in it. As posted previously the peacock bass cannot sustain cool temperatures and that is the reason it was decided to stock the fish in the Miami Canals as it habitat is extremely limited. The peacock is a massive forager as it schools and runs down the baitfish, not an ambusher so expends a lot of energy in the chase and as such was the perfect predator for S. Florida that was overwhelmed with exotic species that were overpopulating the waterways. The peacock bass that is predominantly in Florida is the Butterfly species that max's out around 10# in weight. The Pavon peacocks that bring fishermen to S. America can obtain sizes over 25#. The peacock is also established in Hawaiian reservoirs. It is a mean sports fish and extremely aggresive, however it has no teeth, rather a rough gum line. The fish spawn readily in my lake and in most compounds that they are stocked in.

Don