If your doing everything just right, you shouldn't have too much of an algae issue in a planted tank. The tricks are to use a lot of plants, good lighting and good nutrients. In my own 90 gal planted tank I tend to keep my nitrate level about 15 ppm. I also maintain a phosphate level also, and use other basic ferts. Yes, I know adding nitrated and phosphates to a tank seems very wrong when you are use to dealing with a reef system, but the balance of everything lets the plants out compete the algae.
By the way, if you are going to use ferts, it's a lot less expensive to go with dry ones, and mix your own stock solutions. Here is one source (offsite) -
Planted Aquarium Fertilizer - , , , , Planted Aquarium Fertilizer - , , Note that the dry stuff ranges in price from about $3 to about $15 a pound. It's a bargain and will give you much better results than the bottles sold in your LFS. Note also that these bottles are often incomplete, so they don't aid plants that much.
I also run pressurized CO2 and high lighting (by planted tank standards) on the tank, which the plants love. This is an expensive option, but easy once you got all the parts. Also, with a few extra parts, you can also have that CO2 source for that calcium reactor you always wanted.