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I'd always wanted a paradisefish and had some bad luck with the first two I got. But #3 was a beautiful, active fish with great coloring and a fantastic personality. He made himself king of my 29g community tank without agression. After a while I bought a female to keep him company...I hadn't read much at that point about keeping M and F together and didn't realize the potential problems. But they got along great, she apparently really liked him, always looked like she was swooning or admiring him. They spawned twice; being a busy community tank nothing came of it though.

Two days ago he started to act tired, or listless. Still good color, but hanging around the bottom or resting in the plants. Showed no other signs of illness, everything in the tank tested well, nothing new had been added. He came up for feeding last night and ate a bit, I took that as a good sign.

After our dinner last night my husband told me to leave the kitchen; when he wouldn't say why I knew my paradisefish was dead. This was just a matter of a few hours since I'd fed the tank. My husband took care of removing him for me. I have no idea why he died

The female is swimming aimlessly, it looks like she's searching for him. Should I attempt to add a new male to the tank? Or get another female instead? Or just leave her alone?

Sorry for the long post, the really upset me

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There is water at the bottom of the ocean

Sorry to hear about your fish. How old was he? You may want to leave the female alone for now, you maybe able to add another male, but I would not suggest it. You really don't need a pair for them to live full and happy lives, unless you want to breed them.