Uhg! Hair Algae! help please!

[DustinWayman]

Hey everyone, in my 2 month old tank I am current;y having a huge outbreak of hair algae, I have been scrubbing like mad, but it keeps on coming back! I am using RO/DI water in this 18g high tank and am lighting it currently with 2 month old 2X36 Watt PC's. My cleanup crew so far is ~15 blue legs, 5 astrea snails, and an emrald crab. I have heard stomatella snails work wonders, but I cany find any for sale. Any one have any extras that they would like to sell? Any help is appreciated as usual!

Thanks!
~Dustin Wayman

[brewercm]

I had the same problem before switching over water sources. I bought 16 Mexican Turbo snails and they wiped out mine in my 75 gallon in about three days. Actually 16 was probably a little over kill looking back, 10 of them probably would have been enough. Not sure of your tank size but it will give you an idea of how many you might want.