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I have a tank that is about 3 months old. I have had a larger female goldtrip for about a month or so. Tonight I bought a smaller male golstrip, I aclimated for about 20 minutes. When I put it in my female imideiately attacked the male. She chased him for a good minute, ripping his top fin almost completely off. I called my local fish shop and he told me to turn off all the lights and make it as dark as possible. So I did and the could not swin anymore leaving it helpless. The female ripped off one of its two lower fins. The male finaly hid behind my powerhead to escape the female.I took them both out and was going to go to my local fish store but there closed. I dont want to put them both back in, for fear of what might happen. The smaller male is already basically dead, but I feel bad for it, the female was so cruel. EWhat should I do? Flush the male? Put them both in? Leave them in separate tanks until tomarrow? The only thing is they would not have a filter all night. HELP