|| I have a 55 gallon tank with 1 male and 2 female yellow labidochromis
|| caeruleus. For the past few days, one of the females has been getting
|| harassed by the male and even the other female. She has been taking
|| refuge behind the heater. This morning, I noticed that her tail fin
|| was badly bitten and so I immediately removed her to a quarantine
|| tank, to which I added some melafix and stress coat to aid recovery.
|| She doesn't seem to be holding.
||
|| Was that the right thing to do? Can someone suggest some treatment
|| for her? And will it be safe to introduce her back into the main tank
|| after she's recovered? Will it be helpful to buy another female or
|| two to curb the aggression?

a few suggestions...
1. more females, to spread the harassment around.
2. more dither fish (you didn't mention, so you may already have them) such
as rainbows, bigger bodied fish, something to break up the chase at times
3. more similar bodied, sized fish, to, as they call, "controlled
overcrowding" which is what malawis are actually used to...

good luck.

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