How to start cycling a fishless 10gal aquarium?

Elizabeth

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Okay, I am getting a 10gal aquarium out of the Iwanta, in a few hours, so can someone tell me how to set it up and what to do to get the cycle to go right, I have a 15 gal aquarium with fish that I didn't let the tank cycle and everything is wrong with it, my water is super deadly toxic. So can someone tell me a schedule to do to get the tank set up right, and how long does it take to cycle, and what kind of ammonia stuff do I need to put in the tank for the bacteria or whatever to grow inside the filter. I'm not good with all of the aquarium terms so can you break it down into stupid terms for me. And the stuff that I need for the tank, can it be bought at pet smart? And will you put the full name of it. For example, the water test kit to test the water is: API Freshwater Master Test Kit.
Pet Smart url.
http://www.petsmart.com/category/index.jsp?categoryId=2767036
Start from square 1, imagine I have the decorations and water and filter running, what do I need to do next, how often do I need to do that, and when can I stop doing that?
Sorry if this is kind of confusing, if you need an answer to a question please send me a message because I don't know how to reply to my posts on here, it wont let me or something.


And for when I have the tank cycled, will you give me some names of fish that I can keep in there, and how many at a time I can keep in there?
 
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