+1 on the turbos. for about the first month of my tank NC12DX I had crazy hair algae ( my own fault thought wasnt running any filtration) after I was sure cycle was done i added a couple hermits a mexican turbo and some astrea snails. I also got the filtration in line I run a bag of carbon, seagel (more carbon w/ phosphate remover) and purigen. took the cuc about 2 weeks to take care of it but has not came back for 3-4 months now.