Stocking Ideas Needed Please

Starting up my 4th tank. This one will be a 65G custom built tank with integrated filter system. Dimensions are 3.5'x1.6'x1.6'.

I'm keen on keeping it very low on maintenance because I have a bigger 145G tank that takes up most of my time. This new tank will be in the cottage for my mother to enjoy. She likes colourful fish.

So I'm thinking of:
2 x Yellow Labs
2 x Strawberry Peacocks
2 x Red Spotted Deacons
1 x Algae Eater
2 x Red African Jewels

Any thoughts on this?

 

Giving this a bump up for you

 

Sounds like a war zone lol. I'd watch it.

 

Sounds like a war zone lol. I'd watch it.

Why a war zone?

 

Hmmm...guess I'll have to look elsewhere for ideas

 

Why a war zone?

Oh it's just most of those fish are jerks.

Mbuna & peacocks should normally be in separate tanks. So the mbuna will chase the peas. The red Africans are even more territorial then mbuna so they will terrorize everything. The deacons get huge for a pair you need 75-90. They are mostly kept alone. They also like a lower ph like 6-7. While mbuna/peas like 7.8 - 8.5.

Then all the fish have different diets. mbuna plants the others meat. If mbuna eat to much live they can get sick and die.

Most of those fish are kept in species only lake specific tanks.

I'd say pick the fish you like the most and work around that. Only mbuna or only peas or only deacons etc.