New Tank. A Few Questions

I got a new tank for Christmas (38 gallon bow front) Deep 17"- Wide 32"-High 26 "
Its my first tank bigger than my ten gallon.
My stocking idea is
x6 Peppered corydoras
x6 Glo fish danio
x6 Fummynose tetra
x6 Neon tetra
x1 Powder blue dwarf gourami
Is this stock okay? I would keep the tank at an average of 75F and it will be planted and with pfs for the corydoras. I already have cycled media.

So the questions are, is my stocking okay, is a 10 gallon fine to use as a quarantine, and any useful tips for my first community tank

 

My advice is to add slowly and do one thing at a time.. It's a small quarantine for that stock and a very full stocking for your display tank. But sounds awesome. If you hit a point while adding stuff that your parameters go off then slow down. Start with what you really like first and then add from there that way if you get to full capacity then you have your favorites already.

 

10 gallon is fine to use for a quarantine.

You do have some stocking issues. First, I wouldn't do 3 top-mid dwelling schools in this tank size. 2 is the max. Second, the rummynose tetras need warmer water than the glo danios, peppered cories, and neon tetras. The dwarf gourami also needs warmer water than the peppered cories.

You could do something like:

10 neon tetras
10 glo danios
8 peppered cories
Temp at 70-72F.

OR

8 rummynose tetras
8 cardinal tetras
1 dwarf gourami
8 bronze/albino cories
Temp at 76-79F.

 

10 gallon is fine to use for a quarantine.

You do have some stocking issues. First, I wouldn't do 3 top-mid dwelling schools in this tank size. 2 is the max. Second, the rummynose tetras need warmer water than the glo danios, peppered cories, and neon tetras. The dwarf gourami also needs warmer water than the peppered cories.

You could do something like:

10 neon tetras
10 glo danios
8 peppered cories
Temp at 70-72F.

OR

8 rummynose tetras
8 cardinal tetras
1 dwarf gourami
8 bronze/albino cories
Temp at 76-79F.

Honestly, you could do Neons in the second instead of the Cardinal. 78 is the upper end of Neon Tetra temperature range but it is still within their compatible temp range.

I 100% agree that 3 schools is *not* a good idea. OP, I would do exactly as Aquatickeeper has recommended and to 2 larger schools instead of 3 bare minimum schools. Honestly, schooling fish are more interesting to watch in larger schools anyway. I'd probably go so far as to say you'd have the most interesting tank to watch if you went with 1 school of fish over two, and make the school larger.

If this were my tank (which it almost was, I nearly bought a 38 bow on sale last month), the stocking would be as follows:

15-20 Neon Tetra
8 SterbaI Corydora
1 Dwarf Gourami or 1 Bolivian Ram

Kept at 75-76 degrees.

 

Neon tetras are cool water fish and their habitat is usually cool most of the year. 75F is the warmest I'd keep them at. Keeping neon tetras in the high 70s would shorten their lifespan.