Comments requested (38gal + Malawi Cichlids)

I am considering setting up my first tank as follows.

Pseudotropheus acei
Labidochromis caeruleus
Pseudotropheus saulosi

Was wondering what numbers of each I should choose and genders?
Are these pretty compatible?

I plan to setup a large amount of rocks with a fine crushed coral
substrate.

Comments please!

mj.

"Mister Jerk" <misterjerk2.TakeThisOut@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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>
> Update: It appears that my well water is actually pretty soft.
> Can anyone comment if it would still be worth it to go for cichlids or
> will the maintenance make it prohibitative.
>
> pH: 6.2
> GH: 60
> KH: 30
>
>

With water that soft and a pH that low, I'd really consider a nice dwarf
South American setup. This way water changes come straight from the tap,
there's no mad chemist involved and you don't have to buy stock in baking
soda. That size tank is better suited to a SA tank anyways.
I'd take a look at some of the Apistogramma species and then maybe a school
of some threadfin rainbows and a few albino bristlenose plecos as cleanup.
Tim