I've had discus before. Very pretty they were hiders. Not very interactive. I'd suggest a green severum, or of you dig in your pockets a little more, go with a red gold severum. They are very active, not shy at all, and get along with most other fish.
If you go with the cichlids, count on having nothing but them in the tank as they are aggressive and will kill any other species in the tank from my experience.
I finally settled on a small 2" peacock bass and a green severum. Eventually had to get a bigger tank cause my pbass was growing rather quickly and is now 10" long. I've got a 75gal now and have added a Redtail/shovel nose hybrid (13") and just added a florida gar (12") to the tank this past weekend (result of a daddy/daughter trip to our LFT). Momma learned her lesson but loves the fish.
All in all of the suggestion from the thread, I would suggest a flower horn, cichlids if you handle just one type of fish, a severum or 2, a peacock bass (will need to set up a smaller 10 gal for feeders till you get him weaned to frozen or dried foods. So far I think your best bet is a pair of severum and maybe a jurupari which are friendly and pretty fish.
Best advice is to explore the pictures of the different fish people post on here till you find some that catch your attention and go from there. Below are pictures of some of my fish. Happy hunting!
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