Is My New Temporary Tank Overstocked?

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I've compleated my move to my new house, as some of you may know things didn't go well for the moving of the tanks as my 50gal cracked during the move and i ended up getting a new big tank while my other new big tank is being made.
The new tank is 125gals, the stocking includes;

20guppys+(5males, 15females)
12 platys(4males, 8females)
10 pearl danios(raised from fry, i was initially going to rehome them but now i want to keep them now i have the 125gal, they are 2inchs long and i will get some more pearl danios once the big tank is made)
24 neon tetras
4 albino corys
4 peppered corys
4 panda corys
9 WCMM(4 are only an inch long, 5 are full grown)
1 RTBS(5inchs long)
3 mollys(1 male, 2females)
1 7inch common plec
1 8inch common plec
1 10inch sailfin plec
1 6inch chocolate plec
1 4inch para plec(L075 i think)

I also have a 30gal which has 2females mollys and a couple of guppys in quarentine, i also have a 10gal tank with a male betta in it and a 5gal tank with an amoured shrimp(2inchs+ long).

Because of the new tank and the space i have available, the new big tank is going to be 5 and a half feet long and 4feet wide and 2ft high instead of 6ft, 4ft, 2ft although i havn't yet discussed this with BOSS aquariums, this will probably be the decided dimensions of the tank although im not too bothered by the loss of gallons since i have the new 125gal.
Is the new 125gal overstocked in any way? It has 4 very large beefy mature filters as well as the main tank filter which is 1 and a half feet high and half a foot long and wide, so it was pretty much instantly cycled when i added the filters although the tank has suffered alot of rapid stocking, so i am still doing 20-30% water changes once every 2-3days.

When the new tank is completed(a guy is leveling the floor where it is going to sit as i type), i will probably split the stocking plus add alot more fish so the stocking in the 2 tanks looks more like;

125gal:
40guppys
1 sailfin plec
4 albino corys
4 peppered corys
4 panda corys
5 mollys

5 1/2, 4, 2 tank:
2 common plecs
20 pearl danios
20 platys
24 neon tetras
15 WCMM
1 chocolate plec
1 para plec
3 amoured shrimp
8 albino corys
8 peppered corys
8 panda corys

30gal tank
RTBS

10gal tank
male betta

Depending on how this tsocking works out i will probably invest in a couple more types of fish although i don't know yet what i will add, does this stocking look ok?
 
The future stocking sounds alright, but I would change a few parts of it. The guppies,mollies and platys prefer harder and more alkaline water than the rest of the bunch, so I would consider setting them into a tank of their own.

30 gallons:
24 neon tetras
9 mountain minnows
4 panda corys(plus more friends)

125 gallons:
the smaller common pleco
3 mollies
20 guppies
12 platys
4 peppered corys(+6?)

The 5,5 foot tank:
1 rtbs
4 albino corys(+6?)
10 pearl danios
1 common pleco
1 para pleco
1 sailfin pleco
1 chocolate pleco

Just a thought, and there is more room for other fish too in the 5,5 foot tank and the 125 gallon.
 
Tokis that tank you are having built is nearly 330 gallons, with that stocking you are barely even touching on its limits and there is pleanty of room in the 125 gallon too.
 
Hmm...Thats cool then, cos this(i know i keep saying it) should be the last time i ever buy a new fish tank so i don't want to go overstocking things too soon, i was only asking about the 125gal is because it looks quite stocked with the livebearers in your face all the time so i just wanted to make sure :) .
If anyone wants to add anymore suggestions about what fish too stock, as long as there aern't any agressive ones, i'd love to read them :thumbs:
 

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