Rid of agae on montipora?

[ALang]

I have a piece of montipora that been through a lot in a beginner's tank. He gave it to me. The coral is 7+ inches across, beautifully pink, and now is showing growth around the edges under my MH after a few months.
Problem is, it also has little tuffs of algae growing in between the swirls. I tried to pick them out, and they continue to grow back. I am thinking that this will eventually kill the coral. I have yellow tang and other algae-eating fishes and snails (no hermits) in the tank, but they don't seem to bother the algae much.
Does anyone have any ideas as to how I might get rid of said algae? Maybe a dip? Lenny.