Advice On Stocking My Tank

[ohough88]

I have a 60L tropical tank that has finally finished cycling. I'm now looking to stock the tank, the fish I want are Guppies(male only), Cardinal/Neon Tetras and Panda Corys. I'm fairly new to fishkeeping so i'm not really sure how many of each to put in.

Any advice you could give me would be greatly appreciated, thanks.

 

[mattlee]

just a word of warning. cardinal tetras prefer hot water of 28 degrees plus and corys prefer cooler water of 24 degrees and below so im not too sure the 2 species are compatable.....
people do keep corys at higher temps but it will shorten their lifespan and may cause them to be quite inactive.
neons like cooler water than the cardinals but im not sure they can go as low as cory temps! also its best to introduce them last after the tank has been running for a while and all stats are stable as they can be very sensitive to newly set up tanks and just die off quite fast.
maybe add 6 pandas and leave it a couple of weeks then add say 4 guppies, leave it another few weeks and try some neons. corys and tetras are shoaling fish so the bigger the groups the better but obviously dont cram them in. try 6-8 neons in total and see how it looks and how the filter bares up.
just because the tank/filter has now cycled doesnt mean you can throw in the whole bioload at once, take your time stocking and leave any tetras until last