Botanica
Aquarium Advice Freak
Hi...here is a calculator that really helped me figure out how much ammonia to use. I got the Ace brand in the white bottle...it is safe.
http://www.fishforums.net/aquarium-calculator.htm
Another option is to just keep the filter media for the 10 gallon tank tucked into your larger tank somewhere where you can't really see it. It should colonize with the bb you need so when the 10 gallon tank is needed...you can just fill it with water treated with prime (or whatever you use) and pop that filter media into the filter of the 10g and the tank should be instantly cycled. . I had the exact same question in the beginning...but i find it hard to leave a tank empty for long!
http://www.fishforums.net/aquarium-calculator.htm
Another option is to just keep the filter media for the 10 gallon tank tucked into your larger tank somewhere where you can't really see it. It should colonize with the bb you need so when the 10 gallon tank is needed...you can just fill it with water treated with prime (or whatever you use) and pop that filter media into the filter of the 10g and the tank should be instantly cycled. . I had the exact same question in the beginning...but i find it hard to leave a tank empty for long!