Another Stocking Question

[poisongirl]

Once I'm done buyig stand, heater hood etc I am going to have to start saving up for my fish, and working out my loyalty card at my shop so I can get 20% off for the fish..

It's a 4ft (48x12x15) I'm going to be having a 3D background, some bogwood and plenty of plants and a couple of caves. I haven't made up my mind between sand or gravel yet.

I already have, 2 platy, and one bulldog pleco. These will be moving into the big tank.

I pretty much plan on having platy, neon tetra and another pleco.

What sort of numbers am I looking at? I know I should only add a few at a time, and I will be testing the water before adding.
I want the shoal of neons to look really good so I eventually want at least 10 of these.

I was also considering adding a couple of slightly bigger fish ie dwarf gourami or something.
I don't know what the other pleco is I'm going to get but one that does not get too big, I might go with another bulldog, or something else.

 

[meguro]

One inch of adult fish per us gallon will help you with stocking guidelines. But even 10 neons won't look very impressive in such a large tank. You'd want something like

2-6 platy
15+ neons
1-3 plecs (make sure the species are suitable for the tank size)
and something to eat platy fry so you're not over run, like
2-5 gourami (depending on species, blue/gold/opaline/honey/dwarf)

 

[poisongirl]

cool thanks