125 stocking ideas - need suggestions

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I am setting up a 125 Cichlid tank and a 150 native tank. I love natives, I know nothing about cichlids though. I think their constant bickering is going to stress me out.

I plan on keeping a fire eel in here - He'll have a lot of hiding places, including a PVC tube in the back.

coral and aragonite substrate, 30 gallon wet/dry (500 scrubbies), 20 gallon sump (mechanical), algae turf scrubber, and an FX5 with all polishing pads. Should be able to handle a decent load. 200 lbs of lace rock. PH is between 7.8 and 8.0.

With the conditions I have, tank size, and the 1 planned tank mate (fire eel!) - what setup would you suggest, and how many? If there's any way I can get a group that isn't constantly trying to kill each other that'd be great, it's going to stress me out.

Thanks!

Tank is still being cycled and setup - the water looks milky because I had just added some of that "live" cichlid substrate crap that you're not supposed to wash. It's just for looks.





 
No suggestions for a setup like mine? I see people keeping peacocks tanks, haps, Mbuna, and mixes of the three. Are there any conditions about my setup that would make it more hospitable for one kind than another? Thanks
 
Sweet tank and set up there! For a 125G tank, I would go w/ peacock and hap set up and maybe add in frontosa. Although my 100G tank has hap/peacock/mbuna mix w/ clown loach and frontosa.. I would just opt out mbuna cause they can be very mean.
 
Thanks for the response Fishaholicc!!

The only thing I do like about the Mbuna is they seem to have a lot of monomorphic species. What's the general consensus on all male tanks? Is it considered cruel? The males are more attractive and it seems like they'd have nothing to fight over if it was 1 male of each species. Are they unhappy or stressed this way? I can't imagine their quality of life could be that high with no females. Then again, I've been divorced. I could see it the other way.

The victorian cichlids are awesome looking, why does it seem like not as many people keep them? Are they more difficult to care for?
 
Would this work?

4x pseudotropheus acei
4x Yellow Lab
1x juvenile fire eel
5x single male hap/peacock/victorian Labeled "peaceful" on their cichlid-forum page and of the same size (under 6")

Will the single male haps/peacocks mess with the lab or Acei women? Is this too many fish for a 125? I plan on adding the males and the eel 1 at a time after the acei and yellow labs mature to a decent size. Thanks!
 
I currently have 5 young acei, 5 yellow lab, and 3 young aulonocara. The acei and the labs "school" all day long, swimming back and forth as a big group. The other three mostly hide, they seem sluggish. Are there other "peaceful" cichlids that swim around the top/middle as much as the acei do? They're really all over the place, it's great to watch. Thanks
 
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