Top Fin Betta Flo Soothe ;-(

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Little_Salty

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Hello thank you for advice in advance. My thought is contamination from manufacture. Read on and tell me how you think i should proceed.

I recently purchased from Petsmart a Top Fin Betta Flo Soothe 3.5 gallon Tank

Set up stats:
Not Cycled! (Yes very familiar with the nitrogen cycle.)
water: 0 Ammonia 0 Nitrite 0 Nitrate PH 7.2 Temp 79.3
Substrate: Basic blue pea gravel (Petsmart)
2 Amazon swords (SM) (Petsmart)
1 Java fern (SM) (petsmart)
Aquion 50w heater set to 80
Filter: Betta Flo Undergravel Hybrid
Decor: Betta leaf by Zoomed and Broken Sunken Barrel Betta Hideout
Chemical Additives: 1tsp Aquarium Salt, API Quick Start 10ml, API Stress coat.

OK now that is out of the way here is my situation.
Got the tank set it up(Not Cycled!) Put the Betta in my wife wanted and seemed ok till the next day betta lethargic and on his side. My thought is swim bladder disease brought on by Constipation. very common i know..
20 min salt water dip 1/4 tsp Aquarium salt in cup of aquarium water. Next day ((((WAKE UP FISHY!!!!!!)))) Betta passed in the night. That was horrific.. So my thought is i need to cycle this thing first before introducing a Betta... So i get a dozen feeder guppies. Floated fish added water to bag while floating after an hour of acclimation netted them and released into 3.5 gal. Hour later all the guppies are dead.

What to do now.....

I also have:
JBL rimless 10 Planted aquarium. (1) Betta Halfmoon) (10 Neon tetras) (Pea Puffer)
1200 Gal Koi Pond (Only KOI 3 Gill babies i have had for years)
500 Gal Aquaponics setup.(25 Hybrid Blue Tilapia)
 
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