Help! Brown mucus on my pulsing Xenia

[kokoaster]

There is brown stringy mucus-like stuff all over my Xenia. I first noticed the stuff a week ago but now there is a lot more. It even is sticking some of the Xenia shut now.

I’m not sure if the Xenia itself is secreting the mucus or if it is something else.

Params:
0 ammonia
0 nitrite
16 nitrate
1.024 salinity
77F temp

8 month old 44 gallon tank + 11 gallon sump
Fish+shrimp+corals+live rock

 

[Dan_P]

There is brown stringy mucus-like stuff all over my Xenia. I first noticed the stuff a week ago but now there is a lot more. It even is sticking some of the Xenia shut now.

I’m not sure if the Xenia itself is secreting the mucus or if it is something else.

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Params:
0 ammonia
0 nitrite
16 nitrate
1.024 salinity
77F temp

8 month old 44 gallon tank + 11 gallon sump
Fish+shrimp+corals+live rock

My Xenia occassionally grow cyanobacteria but it never develops into anything. When I get tired of looking at it and if it’s big enough, I will use tweezers to pluck it off. You could try a turkey baster to gently blow it off.