Sorry to hi-jack, my cardinals have gone to Aeropars. Cheers.
SuperColey1 said:Stocking level doesn't matter really as long as its not ridiculously large. lol
You can adjust your dosing to the amount of fishload there is.
I personally stock very heavily and when fully stocked my 33USG tank will have:
I ignore the inch per gallon rule totally in that I tend to have up to 2" per gallon which of course would bring a chorus of dissaproval in a non planted forum, but they are a mix of bottom and middle dwellers and with plants and overfiltering they are fine and there isn't overcrowding (IMO).
Most pure scapers who add fish to compliment their scape tend to lean stock whereas people who just have plants (like me.lol) tend to 'overstock'
Choice is yours really but if having a heavy fishload it is better IMO to have fish that occupy different levels of the tank.
Andy