algae on a nana plant

[Jungle-mania]

Any ideas on how to clear the algae on the nana plant. I was tempted to dump it in my other tank for my oto to clean it for me, but I am worried that that the algae will spread to other plants after I take it out. Any advice on this?

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What kind of algae is it?

[Jungle-mania]

Dark greenish hairy ones, tried scraping, quite hard without tearing the leaves.

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Should be black beard algae aka BBA. Does it look like that in the picture?

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[jhseah]

If its hairy, SAE should be able to remove.