What kind of Algae and how to get rid of it?

[Marv_Levy]

right now the algae only appears to be on my plasitc root structure and some starting on a piece of wood driftwood

i dont dose or use ferts. I dont even have any fish yet. I leave my lights on for 12 hours a day.lighting is 48" Single Satellite Compact Fluorescent Fixtures Dual Phosphot SmartPaq (10,000K daylight and 460 nano meter actinic)

Plants have been 2 amazon swords 1 wisteria. My plants i orderd from mgamer came today all looking nice. They are

2 Java Moss
3 Anacharis
2 Water Sprite
2 Dwarf Saq

so if im leaving my lights on 2 long what do you recommend for hours of lighting.

 

[FtwayneFish]

Black out or cut back on light? im not sure what type of algae it is. Id go to plantgeek.com and check its really good.

 

[Bk718]

looks like hair or staghorn, cut back on the lighting, to get rid of it you can either try and manually pluck it out or dip it in a peroxide solution

edit: how many watts is the light? how big is the tank?

 

[Marv_Levy]

theres 2 dual bulbs both say 65watts so i dont know if that means each bulb is 65watt or for each two is 65watts

this is what the bulbs say

model# 2035 FT65w Smartpaq www.current-usa.com


edit: made a post at plantgeek.com

 

[Bk718]

your lighting is 130w
Just decrease the hrs the light is on.

 

[Marv_Levy]

your lighting is 130w
Just decrease the hrs the light is on.

thanks
and that will kill the algae or at least stop it from spreading?

 

[Bk718]

Im not an algae guru but it will decrease the spread of it, and will let the plants out compete the algae, but you can still try and remove it manually or a soak.

 

[mellowvision]

that is the hardest algae to get rid of, in my limited experience. I haven't had luck with blackouts, at least long term... manual removal helps control it. flag fish are known to eat it. mine does, but not enough to put a dent in it... limit feeding, manual removal, blackout, and excel may all help... but nothing has eliminated it for me.