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I need to start a fishless cycle in a rescued tank that already has a mountain shrimp. Will the little guy be ok with the ammonia?

So I have rescued a tank (I have no experience with fish) and all of the bits and bobs from a friend. She bought 5 guppies and a mountain shrimp. Within 2 days 4 of the guppies died and the last one looked bad. She was just going to throw it all away so I rescued it. Unfortunately the last...