Green clumps of (hair?) Algae

[Trevor Robertson]

Okay I have problem with my tank, about 2-3 weeks ago I had noticed a small clump of algae on the sand of my tank, I did pull it out right away as I should have but a few days later after my wife was telling me it was looking really bad I went in at this time there were now two clumps about 1" big. Well I got most of it but when I was pulling it out with my fingers some small parts got away and they have now started new clumps so I have about 10 clumps of this ugly green algae on the bottom of my tank, I am a bit leary of just grabing it again and gettting 100 clumps and then having the full tank look like crap.

I do some several hermit crabs but no cleaner shrimp and I have 1 tang but nothing wants to eat the stuff.

Looking for suggestions.

Thanks