Trouble with green spotted and black hairy algae

[Anaxus]

In my 37 gallon tank I am having problems with green spotted and black hairy algae. The green spotted is mostly on the glass and the black hairy algae on fake plants. I only have 1 live plant in the tank and it is a java fern. The reason I dont have more live plants is because the filtration system is a eclipse system which comes with lights so it is only 40 watts. I could add more low light plants but not sure if they would grow. The java fern has some brown on it from when I bought it at the store but the new leaves are fine.
I have a bristlenose pleco but it stays away from those types of algae and just eats brown algae.
I am not disgusted by the algae and I leave the black algae alone and just clean the green off the glass. But I was wondering if there is anything that would consume those types of algae that would fit with my current fish.

[famman]

I have had some luck with platys eating algae out of boredom.
I understand some barbs also will eat algae.

good luck
:)

[WolfPup522]

Flag fish work wonderfully! I had a SERIOUS black hair algae problem and after trying several things, short of throwing away my "hairy" plants, my LFS finally called me saying they had gotten some flag fish in (a suggestion I recieved in the Aquatic Plants section of the forum). I've had them for about 2 weeks now and they've completely mowed all of the hair algae down to nothing. They are also really nice looking fish, IMO. I got 2 males (the markings are more colorful and "flag-like") and they are doing great with the other fish.

If you're interested google "American (or Florida) flag fish." They are very easy to maintain and have been the perfect addition to my tank. I currently have 4 Buenos Aires tetras, 3 scissortail rasboras, 3 otos, and the 2 flag fish. They are not aggresive with any of the fish, but do stand up for themselves when the tetras try to "play" too rough.

Hope this helps!

[OrionGirl]

Plants like anubias and many crypts are perfect for low light tanks. I have 3 anubias nana and one crypt in my Eclipse 5, and they are thriving. The anubias have doubled since purchase, and the crypt grows constantly. It recently melted because I did a large water change after missing one weekly change(crypts prefer stable conditions--lots of changes tend to cause them problems, IME), but it quickly rebounding. This tank has dwarf gouramies and kuhli loaches, sand substrate over laterite, a chunk of driftwood and some small rocks.