Oh wow! What a great setup! You know a rewarding and simple fish to keep is a Victoria Lake cichlid. They are endangered in their natural habitat so you can keep a species-specific rock/substrate tank while feeling good! Most Victorians are passive, so you dont get the fin nipping and complexity of Malawis.
Look into it. The American Cichlid Association has a group that maintain and distribute Victorian species. It's $25 to join and you can be apart of maintaining something endagered for minimal effort. Just do some research, it's rewarding to keep the Victorians.
If you want to go more colorful, Malawis are great! Do a labrochromis mix! the Blue and Yellows are stunning!
Can't wait to see this tank stock!!!
Thanks VivaLaVics - Very compelling thought to support display of an endangered habitat / species. I will certainly look into this. I've just been trying to familiarize myself w/ diff species profiles / habitats etc. I have decided that prob would not want larger species - fronts prob out - majestic fish, but would want them in larger ( wife would kill me ) tank - looking at smaller 3-6 in species. Maybe 2-3 groups? Tropheus sp has caught my attention. Labrochromis are very nice too. I stayed up most last night surfing the web. :coffee2:Trying to do as much as I can on my weekedn off. Thanks again.
- Prashanth
The first one is of the species I currently have stocked. 
