Algae ID ?(pic)

Is it black like the picture shows? (hard to tell because of the flash)

If it is, I'd say it's black brush/beard algae. Get the java moss out immediately. BBA is bad stuff and will overtake everything (plants, equipment, substrate) in a tank in no time at all.

Do you have CO2 in your tank? Excel?
 
yes it looks like it is fine grayish hair in the moss, do you think that I can pick out the algae, or have otocinclus eat it?
 
Is hair algae black beard algae? and if I put it in for like an hr do you think it will spread to my other fixture and plants?
 
Otocinclus won’t eat it. Take the moss out of the tank and put it in a glass of aquarium water. Put the glass in a window that faces north and let it sit for a while. If it gets cold that is okay. If you have some excel add a little, very little.
 
In the pic the algae looks greyish and for a while I believed that it was gray myself, however after further inspection under a flourescent light the lagae appears to be green and hairlike, I think Tfo was right about the hair algae. I was wondering if I should get an oto to eat the stuff off of my moss and in my tanks?
 
also, mgamer thanks for the great link it was very useful in identifying the type of algae that I had.
 
Otos won't eat this type of algae. As someone else suggested, I would remove the moss from the tank and treat it with Excel. There is a great chance the Excel will kill the algae and you can return the moss to the tank.
 
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