If it were my tank and wanted a community, I would do:
1 Nicaragua cichlid (about 8" in aquarium) - mellow and very nice color
1 Geophagus or Juripari (mellow and lots of personality)
1 Firemouth, or Rainbow cichlid, or blue jack dempsey (they don't get as big as the regular ones, and they are not as aggressive, but they are rather expensive). I think 3-4 cichlids would fit nicely in that tank. I would go with three cichlids, and other non-cichlid tankmates instead of more cichlids. That gives each cichlid more room to set up their territory.
I would also put in a few colorful bottom feeders (I like the albino bristlenose plecos, goldnugget plecos, and other fancy plecos) or a pictus cat (the ones that stay smaller). You could also go with a nice school of colorful dither fish, like congo tetras, or rainbowfish.
I have a 75 gallon too, and I had to make the decision of what to put in it. It is hard because there are so many nice cichlids out there. I realized that my mistake was that I wanted to put like 5-6 cichlids in the tank, and it just doesn't work. It will for a while, but not when they are full grown.
P.S. If you get them as babies, you will have more of a chance that they will get along when they are bigger.
1 Nicaragua cichlid (about 8" in aquarium) - mellow and very nice color
1 Geophagus or Juripari (mellow and lots of personality)
1 Firemouth, or Rainbow cichlid, or blue jack dempsey (they don't get as big as the regular ones, and they are not as aggressive, but they are rather expensive). I think 3-4 cichlids would fit nicely in that tank. I would go with three cichlids, and other non-cichlid tankmates instead of more cichlids. That gives each cichlid more room to set up their territory.
I would also put in a few colorful bottom feeders (I like the albino bristlenose plecos, goldnugget plecos, and other fancy plecos) or a pictus cat (the ones that stay smaller). You could also go with a nice school of colorful dither fish, like congo tetras, or rainbowfish.
I have a 75 gallon too, and I had to make the decision of what to put in it. It is hard because there are so many nice cichlids out there. I realized that my mistake was that I wanted to put like 5-6 cichlids in the tank, and it just doesn't work. It will for a while, but not when they are full grown.
P.S. If you get them as babies, you will have more of a chance that they will get along when they are bigger.
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