Scales falling off Swordtail

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I check my fish daily. I fed them this morning, before I went to work, all my fish were fine. I recently added 2 red velvet swordtails. Both were perfectly fine. I just came home and fed them again. I noticed one of my swordtails sitting on the bottom, tail spilt in half and scales pineconed and falling off. She isn't bloated or anything. I removed her from the tank and put her in a small tank. The other is fine, swimming and eating. What is wrong with the one female.
 

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She could have been attacked, possibly by the male. The common practise is to have 2 females for every male.
 

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I do not have a Q/T tank yet. I'm planing on upgrading my current 10 gallon to a 20 or 26 bowfront. I will turn the 10 into a Q/T... when given the chance and the money to do so (also have to rearrange whole bed room). I ended up putting the fish down... Didn't want her to suffer. :[ I am taking the fish to Petco to get my money back after work.
 
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