I´m going to be completely honest with you Jeri, considering EVERYONE on here has a festae and only a few members have Mayans, I would say Mayans are definately becoming less common in the hobby. Mayans are beautiful interesting fish full of personality that don´t die of mysterious causes and break the bank. I would recommend them to anyone. they are relatively common in the US but im not sure about Singapore. When I lived in England I only saw them once and I brought it.
interesting thing also about Mayans is they are said to be found in sometimes almost full marine conditions, they can tolerate a lot of salt.
Do you have a picture of your guy?
heres a fun game, scroll down this and the media section and see how many times you see the word festae mentioned, this should surely show you how common they are on MFK compared to the Mayan cichlid