Newbie questions - tank set up

Thanx for the advice. Do you (or anyone else) have any suggestions for
bright coloured cichlids that *could* be kept in a 24" cubed tank ?

I'm quite willing to hear that this size is plain unsuitable for
cichlids, it's just that if there are any that will live happily in
there, I would like to know so I can consider them.

Since you have soft water and like plants, you might want to look into
Apistogrammas...

Thanx for the suggestion, but I looked at some pics of them and wasn't
over impressed. Maybe they look better in real life, but the pics I saw
didn't particularly excite me.

Okay then, so what about tanganyikans? Neolamprologus leleupi for example...