Anthias issues

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Lyretail anthias issues
I guess I'll dive straight into it.
So I ran my anthias through qt together for a month and put them n the tank. They have been in the tank for bout a month now. Early this week I started noticing that the biggest of three females was hiding more often than normal and looking a bit thin. I observed more aggression from the male towards her than normal. It looked like she scraped into a rock or something trying I run away and I lost her 2 days ago now.

Now I noticed my male hiding all the time, he looks beat up, and I am seeing severe aggression from the larger of the now 2 females towards him. He still comes out to eat occasionally.

Just wondering what I should do. I am considering attempting to remove him and placing him in the fuge. I don't really know what to do.
The tank is a 175 display.
 
Your females are transitioning into males. Not much you can do except removing the losers of the aggression and restock with smaller females.
 
Anthais wiped out my tank due to females becoming males and killing the others. Beautiful fish but I promised myself I wouldn't get them again.
 
Some species are worse than others. Squammipinnis are among the worst for intra-species aggression.
 

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