Overfull?

Platygirl11

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I have a 10 gal aquarium.
4 Platys (1 male, 3 female)
1 Dwarf Gourami
2 Cories (Pic inclueded, but Im not exactly sure what kind they are)

Is my tank overfull? I think it is, and I have a 38 gal currently cycling. If it isn't, I'd probably add some more cories, because I think that they're schooling fish.

EDIT:
As usual, I forgot to include the pic.
My cories (click to enlarge)
 
I'm pretty sure that they're bronze cories. But I can't look at them now, because I recently got a castle ornament, and they are currently both resting in the cave.
Are they schooling fish?
Could I get another platy?
Is this fish even a platy?

The red one on the bottom. The store sold it to me as a platy, but my male shows little intrest in her, and she is longer than my other platys.
 
I'd say you're pretty well stocked on the 10gal

Corys are shoaling fish, i'd suggest putting them in the 39 gal once it cycles and upping them to a group of at least 6.
Yes they are bronze corys, other corys in the same family are albino and green.

And yes the red/orange fish is a platy
 
That was helpful.
So, platys just grow to be that length? Maybe the male is just smaller, because she has never ben pregnant as far as I know.
So I hope I'll eventually be able to get fry from ruby. She's pretty.
I'll work on finding more bronze cories. 4 more. I don't think they'll all be able to fit into that teeny cave. I'll get them a bigger cave once they upgrade.
 
You might find that once they're in the bigger tank and in a group of 6 they wont feel the need to hide in a cave so much.
 
They don't hide in a cave all the time. Most of the time they swim on top of the ornaments looking for food the platys left behind.
I got some "sun dried baby shrimp" at the lfs for a treat. I know not to feed them too much, so I'm only going to feed it to them every 3 days or so. It was intended for my gourami, but he didn't really care, he only ate a little.
The platys, however, tore the shrimp to shreds. Is this okay for them?
 

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