It’s not my day... Oscar problem

So after having to tear down a tank and building it back up after having a damsel fly larvae in there eating my shrimp... I was watching my cichlid tank thankful dramas are over. It’s all good and everyone healthy. Oscar was chasing the silver dollars and he swam straight into the bottom of a branch (its not small - it’s like the thickness of a DVD). He bounced off but kept going. Now he has a big white scratch on his head... no blood or flesh - doesn’t look bad - but he’s hiding in the corner of the tank. To me I’d say he’s feeling sorry for himself but I’m worried about him. He is definitely a gregarious character and not in any way shy.

I fed them some frozen worms as a Sunday treat. He came out and ate as many as he could as has gone back to the corner. Usually he patrols the tank back and forth.

Anyone have experience with this type of thing? What should I do?

 

He should be fine. Clean water will help ensure that it heals quickly.

 

Yeah he may sulk for a day or two but should be back to his normal self fairly fast. It's kind of like if you do something embarrassing and try to hide for a few days til the police, err I mean other people forget about it.

 

Fingers crossed he’s fine in a couple of days. Just checked on him before Turing tank lights off. Everyone swimming around fine but he’s hiding in a corner. It’s so strange because he’s the tank bully.

I double checked parameters to be sure but they’re right on the mark. I’ll keep a watch over him for a bit...
Someone needs to tell him that chicks dig scars

 

It’s Christmas morning and Oscar is not only not hiding and bak to running the tank as per usual - his scrape on his head is gone. I would have thought it would take a week or two to heal. Glad to have him back to normal.