Oh man sorry to hear about your ram passing away, in my opinion rams should not really be kept in too much of a community setup their water quality has to be pristine and the temperature of the water has to be very high which alot of fish won't tolerate, the only ram that I would say is pretty much bulletproof is the Bolivian ram which is much more hardy than the other color variants which derive from the German blue ram: aka electric blue, gold ram, opal, platinum and black rams.
If you have any questions I can make a video reply for you about ram cichlids and their care.But there's also something else that the farms that breed German blue rams and what they do before they ship them out which creates bad stock.
