A new tank needs to go through an important step referred to as cycling to make the tank safe to add livestock. There are many different ways to do this as outlined in our article Maturing an aquarium (Cycling) . One of these methods is to add household ammonia solution to the tank and then wait until the required bacteria multiply to process the ammonia and nitrites in the tank. Once this is complete it will be safe to add fish.
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