Tank Mates For My Upgraded Tank

Okay cool, thanks Sue So final stocking list:
8 honey gouramis (6 females, 2 males)
3 Cockatoo cichlids (2 females, 1 male)
8 Panda cories
6 otocinclus
15 Rummynose tetras
Should this all work fine? Obviously I won't add too many more fish until I can start moving the others into my 60L, but I'd like to know what I'm aiming for

I definitely feel like I'm up for the challenge but i will make sure I set the tank up well and watch them carefully I was at the fish store today and I saw some absolutely fabulous looking kribs. I ruled them out because I thought they would be too aggressive when spawning for a smallish tank, but my parents said they kept them with other cichlids in a community tank with no problems. Is it worth considering keeping them instead of the apistos? Or would they rip my cories up?

Alternatively, you could try to get two females. Kribs are said to be peaceful, in fact rather shy, except when breeding when the male can terrorise the tank. With two females, they would never breed and females are the more colourful in this species.

I think how often they breed depends on their conditions. They would probably breed more often if conditioned on live foods.
However, don't forget that even these smaller cichlids can turn very territorial when breeding and may become very aggressive towards other fish in the tank. Also, what about the fry? You will have to give them special food when they are young. And what will you do with them? Your LFS may take them, but not until they have grown considerably. Would your tank have enough spare capacity to cope with say 50 to 100 extra fish of 3 cms or so? Kribs can lay up to 300 eggs.

Yep, I'm pretty well-known for asking the awkward questions, it's always important to consider the possible downside of things as well as the vision of the beautiful tank and community of fish you hope for 
The other fish you are proposing are pretty small, Kribs will defend their young and they may well survive until they are big enough not to be eaten by these. Maybe your parents had bigger fish in their tank?

Lots of people keep only male guppies, male or female platies, single male bettas etc. none of which get the chance to mate. I suspect that they are a lot more frustrated than a couple of female kribs would be.

After a great deal of heart searching I eventually rejected getting any cichlids in any of my tanks for the very reason that they might be OK until mating time and then become aggressive.