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help! i need help breeding my BETA fish!?

I have a female and male betta I had to clean there tanks cause when they spawned there were parasites multiplied in the tank slowly eating eggs. I had to clean out my tank and the eggs were removed. They were supposed to hatch yesterday i bought them at walmart to save them from being abused.i had to spend an entire 2 hours cleaning out my 100 gallon fish i had in my garage. the tank has no gravel or decor or anything cause i want to breed them. I even breed them newly hatch brine shrimp hatchlings and micro worms and keep the temp 75-82 degrees. I turned off the filter and used a sponge filter instead so the water will sit still for the male to build the bubble nest. i dont know why they wont still breed i have done this since yesterday and i put 1 little hiding spot so i can know if the female has been finished spawning and i can put her her own 20 gallon tank. Is there something i am doing wrong. There the only fish in my tank. and they wont mate the fish dont have any diseases.
And where can you buy like a bubbler nest thingy so maybe i can cheat on building a bubble nest instead of the male

Are my fish sick?

I have a 20 gallon tank. We went on vacation for a week, the in-laws extremely overfed our fish. The fish weren’t fat or anything the water was just a horrible dark brown. I did water changes until it was clear again. Took care of the tank for a week, and then had to go out of town for 2-weeks. My wife fed the fish during this time. For some reason half of the fish died, and one of our snails died. One of the fish that died after I came back was ballooned up to about 3 times his normal size. None of the other fish that died balloned up like this. None of my x-ray tetras have been showing any signs of being ill, its been the other fish so far. Except now one is having trouble floating, he’s always sinking, still swims around and eats though. I’ve been feeding them a varierty of sinking food, flake food and every now and then brine shrimp.

Ammonia, Nitrite, and Nitrate levels are all fine, and this is an established tank. Could there be something wrong with my tank?
I want to add fish, but I don’t want to possibly put new fish into a sick tank.

I’ve thought about adding some sort of medication (suggestions?) to the tank but I’ve heard some of those wipe out the good bacteria in the tank too, and I don’t want to do that if its not necessary.

I do use aquarium salt in the tank.