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Lol of course any light can cause algae in any spectrum. I'm sure it is 50-50 out there with the actinic being good for plants or not to. The same argument was made about LEDs. The majority do not run the actinic bulbs in planted tanks for a reason but to each their own.
Yeah your light is on too many hours. Actinic blue are coral/saltwater lights and can cause the algae problem by itself. I would start there, then 6/7 hours of lights this includes your moonlight hours/hour. Personally I run full light (324w) from 12:30pm to 8:00pm then moonlight from 8:00 to...