That is correct. I'm not sure about the plants but I don't think you should add them until the cycle is over, because I am pretty sure they would slow it down. Someone else will tell you for sure about that. About the dead fish in pet stores, it is somewhat normal, but that doesn't mean it is good. Ideally there shouldn't be any. But if the rest of the store is fine and there isn't a better store around it would be fine to go to that one. If you do go to that store you should avoid buying fish from tanks with dead fish, but if you absolutely have to buy from tanks with dead fish make sure that none of the fish in the tanks have a disease and make sure the dead ones didn't die from a disease.
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