Is it time to get an Oto?

Hey everyone,
I just realized algae is growing super fast in my tank these days. It's freshly planted so plants haven't had time to fully develop yet.

From these photos, can you identify what it is?




I am not dosing, not injecting CO2, but I do have my light on 12h a day. My aquarium is way understocked and I am not overfeeding.

Can I expect this problem to go away on its own? Will my growing shrimp population take care of it? Should I dose something? Should I get some Otos?

Tell me if you need more information about my tank.

Thank you!

 

That looks like hair algae, Oto's won't eat that.
Best to try & work out what's causing it, this thread has some useful info & links
https://www.fishlore.com/aquariumfishforum/threads/algae-problems-and-how-to-deal-with-them.188662/

 

I would cut the lights back to 8 or so hours a day. That is probably the main culprit. Typically there are no "creatures" that will solve an algae problem. It looks like hair algae to me but I'm not algae expert. Nerite snails though are very good algae cleaners as are amano shrimp but I'd try solving it with the lighting first.

 

Thanks Coradee and tyguy7760 My strategy was to try and leave the lights on quite a bit to establish a good carpet of dwarf baby tears (to try and outcompete the algae) and then diminish the amount of light.

Should I tune back to 8 hours a day right now? Won't my dwarf baby tears suffer from this?

 

My amanos have been great at clearing up my hair algae issues. They can't get enough of it