we lost our female GBR.

[cm12setx]

Today I came home from work and found our GBR female dead. She had a small white circle on her just before her tail only on one side. The bigger question is how long should i wait to find the male a new female? I will wait at least two weeks plus finding him a new girl. When I added the male six months after the female they both colored up beautifuly and swam around togeather.

[Slaphppy7]

Oh no, so sorry to hear that, cm. Maybe one of the ram experts will chime in with the info you need.

Again, sorry for your loss...how long did you have her? What other fish are in the tank, and do they all seem ok?

[cm12setx]

slap, thank you. we had had her about a year. the other fish in tank are male GBR, 4 cardinal tetra, 4 glowlight tetra, 2 black neon tetra, 2 Green laser line cory cat, and 2 oto cats. these guys and girls are all doing good it seem imo. will ck water specs in a few and put them up here

[cm12setx]

test results Ph 7.4 to 7.6 : high on low scale and low on high scale
ammonia: 0 ppm first test said .25 ppm but i dropped it and it broke on the floor :(
nitrite: 0 ppm
nitrate: 5.0 to maybe 20 ppm darn orange looks the same.
water temp:79 F
fyi filter aquaclear 30 w a bag of bio media from a ac50 and diy sponge prefilter

[madagascariensis]

ammonia spike from unknown source? rams are notorious for being sensitive fish.
hope you have better luck with them in the future.

[cm12setx]

not sure where the ammonia spike came from i drew six test tubes and 1 tested .25 ppm and the 2 tested 0 ppm. all drawn at the same time. also could ammonia spike come from deceased GBR in the tank while i was at work?