Slime/ mucus/bacterial?

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Hi I have just noticed some mucus looking stuff hanging off my rocks and clinging to some things. I originally set up a 29 gallon JBJ about 11 months ago and everything was going great and then it sprung a leak. I was able to manage it long enough to get a new tank, a 60 gallon ProStar. So, the tank I currently have is about 2 months old with all the livestock and sand and rock from the other tank as well as some cured rock and new sand. I do a 10% water change every week and have been dosing vibrant weekly since I switched out tanks, trying to avoid an algae bloom. I currently have two clown fish, a bicolor blenny, 6 line wrass and a little damsel. My nitrates are at about 5 ppm and phosphates are unreadable on my current test. I have only noticed the mucus in the past 4 days and am hoping there's something I can do to get a handle on it before it gets worse. I have read some horror stories recently about this white slime bacteria. Here are some photos it's not very easy to see. If anyone has any ideas as to what it is or anything I could do to make it better it would be much appreciated. Thank you

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.....have been dosing vibrant weekly
Maybe you have killed off what would have competed with the slime stuff.
I cant tell what the stuff is
 
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Maybe you have killed off what would have competed with the slime stuff.
I cant tell what the stuff is
I thought about that. Did you look at the video, it's easier to see it in person. It really does look like the white slime that I see in other people's tanks online. it's just very little of it so far. I am just afraid that it will get really bad and hoping I can get in front of it.
 

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