Recommend me a CA fish

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I want to do a CA/SA community tank and I'm looking for 1 more CA cichlid. Looking for something that doesn't get any bigger then 13" and isn't too aggressive. Color wise would prefer something red/yellowish

Tank Size: 150g

Current cichlid stock is the following...

Male GT
EBJD (will be getting soonish - He/She will probably end up in a 75G to itself, all my fish are juvies right now so going to try to have them "grow up" together as that usually helps with aggression I have found in the past)
3 x Severums
HRP (Just picked up this weekend)

Been going through CA profiles this morning, which of these would work best with my stock? I haven't kept any of them so I don't have any experience with them: Amphilophus lyonsi, Hypsophrys nicaraguensis, 'Cichlasoma' salvini
 
How about a Red or Yellow sev or maybe a veija
 
From what I have been reading, Salvinis are just aggressive when paired but not so bad when not? Please correct me if I'm wrong.

Nics seem like a good all around choice.
 
A Nic would work well,never had lyonsi or salvini but I've been researching them and it sounds like it could work.
 
you said red/yellow but maybe a Jack Dempsey would make a nice addition. i have one and he's not as aggressive as everyone has said they are, he's more passive actually but that might just be his personality, but hey you never know until you try!
 
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