Red Africans?

red zebras are an orange color.

or at petco they have a very beautiful blue african in the assorted african tank.

Have you even googled peacocks and taken a look at some of the colors that they have?? they are probably the brightest colored freshwater fish you could buy. Red zebras look like goldfish, and are on every street corner. If you cant get peacocks in your area what about aquabid, tnt cichlids, cichlids r us, etc. Google images of sunshine peacocks, eureka red (and its abino species), rubin red or german red, lemon jake, the list goes on and on. I dont know how these could be dull in color. Peacocks do start out dull then in a few months as they get bigger and more dominate in the tank their colors get intense, depending on the species, dont let a juvenile fool you.

The Eureka and Germans are some of my favorite red Africans. How old are the Peacocks you're looking at? They take some time to get their full coloration, and many males will remain subdued if there is a dominant male in their presence. Jewel cichlids can be very red in color but may not make it in your tank with the mbuna. The Peacocks should be fine but I'd be careful, nothing worse than your $5 socofoli killing your $25 Peacock.

Man i need to start selling peacocks in your area! I can get fully colored males +4" for $25. These peacocks are very nice reds, blues, sunshines, as well as others. Waiting for pecocks to color up takes patience but is well worth it. Just feed a lot and grow them out faster.