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Flaky looking skin and white patches??

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DarlingxCarla

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Hi folks!

I have a juvenile leucistic and she has recently gotten white spots on her tail -- I'm wondering if they aren't just her iridophores her gills are scraggly and have white tips on a few -- it could be new growth? And she has one strange patch on her side. Photos included, some are better than others! Thank you all in advance!

My ammonia is at .25 I have been doing 20% water changes daily and using Prime to no avail but figure that with time and water changes it must go down, and my ph is right at 7.0 which I know is low (I'm still trying to get that up a bit) Water temp is between 66 and 68 Fahrenheit. She only eats tubifex worms as anything small enough for her to eat doesn't wiggle enough for her to be interested.
 

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It could be iridophores.... but I'm not positive. Mine also got an odd patch but on his cheek. It hasn't changed so I assume it's fine.

My guy had a white tip on his gills once and it took months of clean water but it eventually healed.

Anyone else have ideas?
 
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