Most Attractive Thorichthys

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As many of you have probably seen, I'm knee deep in planning the reestablishment of my 150 tank after I get it re-sealed and I'm sure it won't leak again.
After flip flopping around I've decided on doing a low maintenance planted tank. I'm still debating on if I want to try to do a Christmas Moss Wall to cover the back of the tank (48x31), I've seen some people say that they never take off, but I really want to give it a shot.
What I have decided is that I want to house three Thorichthys in this tank with some tetras and corys and I'm looking for what you guys feel is the best looking Thor. I know that I have seen some awesome F1 Meeki and Helleri, and Rapps has sp. Blue Mixteco and Affinis. Are there any others in the trade that I should be looking at? Which has the best finage with trailers and coloration?
Also, would it be possible to mix these species in a Male only tank? I'm not wanting to have any breeding pairs right now, and I'm hoping that a little bit of competition between the three will help bring out their colors.
I had a breeding pair of Meeki a long time ago in a smaller set up, so it will be neat to have Thorichthys again in more of a show tank!

Pics of your Thorichthys would be great, and thanks for your input and help!
 
I have a Aureus and he looks beautiful, i have had him for 6 months tho and hes not even grown an inch.
 
Cool. What about mixing different males? Such as 1 Meeki, 1 Affinis, and one Blue Mixteco? Do they have very different temperaments? Thanks guys.
 
I think the only people who vote for Meeki havnt seen the others, i have had Ellioti and i currently have Aureus and they are basically the same as Firemouths (same red throat, same personality, same sort of size), just much prettier.
 
HybridGS said:
I think the only people who vote for Meeki havnt seen the others, i have had Ellioti and i currently have Aureus and they are basically the same as Firemouths (same red throat, same personality, same sort of size), just much prettier.
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I had a feeling that there were a lot of similarities, I've seen some really nice F1 Meeki, but the Ellioti and some of the others had really caught my eye.
 
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