White slime on driftwood

[New Genesis]

I'm setting up a new 45 gallon hex tank. The pH has been consistently 7.4. Spiked to 8.0 at one point and i read about adding almond leaves, alder cones and driftwood as natural waits to lower pH. I added 3 medium leaves, 3 small cones and 3 small pieces of driftwood that were gently boiled for an hour.
The pH dropped to 7.8. I began adding pH down a little at a time over the course of a week and it's back down to 7.4. I can't seem to get it lower.
Anyway, I just noticed a thin white layer of yuk is on one of my pieces of driftwood. What is this, is it normal? Should I remove the wood?

 

[Autumnsky]

Its normal a couple Mystery snails will clean it up or take it out and give it a scrub, wil probably come back again.

A potato cleaning brush new and rinsed off works well. Or a finger nail brush, good dollar store finds. Save for tank use. One more thing for the box of tricks. Might as well get a little storage container at the dollar store too, hahaha.

 

[New Genesis]

Its normal a couple Mystery snails will clean it up or take it out and give it a scrub, wil probably come back again.

A potato cleaning brush new and rinsed off works well. Or a finger nail brush, good dollar store finds. Save for tank use. One more thing for the box of tricks. Might as well get a little storage container at the dollar store too, hahaha.

Thank you Autumnsky
I noticed after I posted that it is on my gravel too. Any recommendations for that?

 

[Autumnsky]

Vac it up and get the flow moving as much as possible. On one of my DW it was a gel glob like 1.5 inches tall in a section Snails ate it right up though.

 

[New Genesis]

Thank you