Even with a fishless cycle you should not add all of the fish at once. I have found that nitromax works well for fishless cycling as it actually contains the beneficial bacteria but after opening it you have to refrigerate it. Another way to fishless cycle is to put a shrimp (dead, like the kind at a grocery store) into the tank. As it decomposes it will provide the proper amounts of ammonia to cycle a tank and is less expensive
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