Most coveted/desired Peacock Bass?

I would say orino but I would not buy 15 of them in just one tank. Mix them up. They all look good. What I like to do is have decent fish around a show stopper. Buy 5 mono 5 ocell and 5 orino if you are looking at doing that. You will get to choose the best of the best and sell the rest. I hope you have a big enough tank for multiple 15 inch fish.

the most desired species would probably be xingu fogo intermedia etc. But u can rarely get these. The most desired pbasses that u can get more easily get are probably azuls and kelberis right now. Orinos too but they are getting really common now. They are nice still when they are full grown. U can order some from snookn21 or get some from anubias design he's bringing in some from germany which loook really nice

I would say Orinos,some kelberi,some monos,pinimas,tems, and azuls. These are all bass you can get and have some of the best colors and patterns. Plus you can put them all together....For awhile.

This really depends on personal preference. each species has the potential of making your jaw drop. I've seen mono's i'd take over kelberi, ocells over azuls, kelberi/orinos over xingu/fogo, etc.

In general i think it goes: ocells, monos, tems, orinos, pinima, kelberi, azuls, xingu, intermedia (from most common to rarest) this is excluding any "special" variants within the species and is just my personal opinion.

10 peacock bass in a 300 is way overstocked. i would say two is your max, but even that is pushing it.

^^^ umm what?

it's all personal preference. lots of folks get caught up in the "rare" factor even if the cichla looks like a brown bullhead catfish from a local river but wait and see, all these "common" cichla will be hard to find in a few years. look at ocellaris. it's very hard to find a good looking "true" ocellaris these days, even though they were the most common bass a few years ago.

i personally think no cichla is more beautiful than a true wild ocellaris or orino, followed by mono. tems and azuls are blah to me. kelberi are nice but too many end up being duds and look like crap. xingus are blah. intermedias are gorgeous but good luck finding any. people have orgasms over Fogo but i dont think theyll ever look as good in captivity as they do in the wild.

i would still love to see a Vazzoleri in a tank, those are

agree with jose
people get caught in the rare factor
i have an orino and azul
and IMO
nothing beats a full grown azul or orino..
i love kelberi. but im noticing more and more of them look like monos with spangles instead of heavily gold encrusted kelberis i used to see.
xingu are cool but if it was up to me
id have a tank with only azuls, orinos, intermedias