Your Future MCA Dream 75 Hap, Peacock, African tank! Updated! also question?

[Crfish]

I am moving away from the tropheus tank and gearing up more towards a Hap, peacock, Africa tank.
Now if I could get who ever has a dream Hap or Peacock they have wanted or their favorite type and just post what their favorite is I am going to try and make a 75 gallon MCA suggested Hap, peacock tank. This probably has been done before but hey maybe peoples minds have changed. Laslty, if I could get everyone who suggest to only post one or two fish so that everyone has a chance to post a fish they like. I know we have more the 15-20 members so if i get more then 15 to 20 types then I will make a poll to see what stays and to see what goes. i hope this works and i am very excited to see what people have to say. Happy picking! 

UPDATE:
Everything  is going well. The tank is sealed (not the prettiest) I am testing it tonight to make sure. I may have jumped the gun a little but i just got a Ngara flame tail and red empress they are in my 10 gallon for the time being. The question I have is what filtration should i use? I have a FLUVAL 304 and a FLUVAL 204 and an AC 20 or 30 all availible should I sell the FLUVALs or trade? or keep what I have also on the tank I am creating a 3-d background as well(which I am excited for) but please help with the filter situation ill take any advice or help

[linuxrulesusa]

Electric blue, ruby green haps

[four_by_ken]

Taiwan Reef
Lemon Jake




Careful of the Ruby Greens (Victorians)... maybe just me... but I gave up with them in my peacock tank.  Too aggressive.

[African cichlid Keeper]

Here mine 2 favorites. I hope it ok that I posted pics. 

My male  sulfur head peacock cichlid
 

001 by , on Flickr

And my male protomelas steveni taiwan reef. ( that I got from jcunningham0295 a couple months ago) 



002 by , on Flickr

[Jaws22]

Nothing compares to a full grown C. Moorii.

[Super Turtleman]

Hmmm, lots of peacocks I like. The Baenschi and Lemon Jake have already been mentioned. I also love the Lawanda & Flavescent. I recommend an Ngara Flametail.

[Jaws22]

How do you vote in this contest?

[Maize-N-Blue-D]

Hmmm, lots of peacocks I like. The Baenschi and Lemon Jake have already been mentioned. I also love the Lawanda & Flavescent. I recommend an Ngara Flametail.

Damn Super Turtleman - is that your Ngara Flametail?  STUNNING !  Simply Stunning !

[Maize-N-Blue-D]

There might not be a better choice than a real RED German Red:

[Crfish]

How do you vote in this contest?

Voting won't happen until I get all suggestions so once the suggestions stop I will make a poll. And so far I love every one of them keep them coming MCA!

[four_by_ken]

There might not be a better choice than a real RED German Red:

That looks more like a Ruby Red to me.

[Maize-N-Blue-D]

Ok then a real RED Ruby Red !  When did you become a fish expert  !

[linuxrulesusa]

There might not be a better choice than a real RED German Red:

That looks more like a Ruby Red to me.

Some quick googling (I know nothing about peacocks) indicates that ruby reds have more blue spots/spangles throughout the body and their faces are not as blue.  Whereas German Reds have more solid blue faces and more solid red bodies.

That said, I think it's somewhat a personal preference or marketing decision as to what you call it, since to the best of my knowledge no one knows for sure if German Reds are line breds or hybrids or whatever.  Regardless, they are pretty fish and I don't really care their origin from an aesthetic perspective.  Especially in an all male show tank (which I assume this is), the breeding question is moot.

[jcunningham0295]

 From a peacock stand point, I would have to say a bi-color 500.   Also a nice pundimilia nyereri mwanza gulf would look nice in there.

[linuxrulesusa]

Also a nice pundimilia nyereri mwanza gulf would look nice in there.

I wonder where he could find one?