I hate hair algae

[TAZ]

Hi all,

So I have been battling a Hair Algae out break for the last little while, and am slowly going mad I have been reading any and everything I can about stopping this stuff. I have also been trying to figure out why this started in the first place. So I was reading through the RC forums last night, and came across a post that mentioned that hair algae problems are sometimes a result of the container that makeup water is made in. Specifically they said to ensure that the container is rated as "food grade". Now the funny thing is that I switched to a new Rubbermaid container about a month ago, and this is exactly around the same time that my Algae problem started to happen. Until last night I did not realize that the container might be the issue. At lunch I went over to home Depot to buy a new container that is "Food Grade" but did there is no mention of this on any of their containers.

Has anyone heard of this before? Can the container be a possible problem?

How can I tell if a container is "Food Grade"?

Any help would be appreciated. My next step is to hire a priest to exercise the algae demons out of my tank

Thanks
Martin