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Even through my C14 Mars is a small round disk at 190x at 434x it is not much better due to the orientation of this apparition for us.
Saturn is always a wonderous site no matter what telescope you are using. Ensure that you scope is cooled sufficiently to get the best views of it.
Jupiter is this year at its very best for us southerners and it will present quite a show. It should be near 49 arc seconds and provide you with views of the bands, GRS and even on really good nights polar spots. It does not rise until very early in the morning at present and will this week be inconjunction with Venus. Jupiter will not be much to look at now, but in two months it will be at an altitude high enough to get great views.
In terms of EP's the sky is the limit. I have found that I only really need 3-4 eyepieces in my Kit, but I have a lot of barlows. I would suggest that a good quality 2x barlow is all you really need with the diameter of your scope. Any more than that will result in the image breaking down. You could use your 25mm EP with a 2x barlow and this will effectively mean you have a 12.5mm EP. The same for your 10mm will become a 5mm (this will most likely be too much except on exceptional nights of 9/10 which are rare). The main thing with planetary viewing is patience. You have to do a lot of viewing to get the most out of it. Spend lots of nights out side and when the seeing comes the view and the memories will keep you going until the next time. Don't expect a lot at first, but if you persist you will be rewarded.
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