Medication onto fish body?

Qieter

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Oct 22, 2002
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One of my oscar suffered wounds on its body...it looks like some of its scales had been ripped off due to fighting....i would like to know if i can apply medicine straight onto the wounds using a cotton bud? would this pose further harm to the fish? or should i just put medication into the water?

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oscar1

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This problem happens quite abit with my oscars and usually what i do with this situation is nothing. With good water quality these wounds should heal over in no time at all. Just keep an eye on it and watch for infections.
Also you may add some aquaguard as this has chemicals in it that help with the  protective coating of fish to prevent infections from wounds.