Algae eaters

Any suggestions on a good algae eater? I have those little algae balls on my plants, they are attached pretty well, I could not just pull them off. I did a cleaning and a water change today, not sure how to get rid of it. I was hoping a UV filter might help, it cleared up the water perfectly, but had no effect on the algae. Any suggestions? Thanks.

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Comment by Peter on January 13, 2013 at 4:05am: What kind of algae is it ??? Algae eaters only eat some types of algae not all. But if its like diatoms just get Oto cats like 5 or 1 per 5 gallons

Comment by thefisherman15 on January 13, 2013 at 12:00pm: I got three "Golden Algae Eaters" and they did a GREAT job eating the algae in my 65gal planted tank - but I found out after I bought them that these fish can grow up to 6 inches - mine are less than two inches right now but they cleaned up my tank of all the green algae in a few days !!!!!

Comment by Jerry on January 14, 2013 at 12:30am: I have 6 oto and 2 true sae. Sae eat a lot of the algae from the tank and the oto clean the driftwood and plants.

Comment by DePreston on January 14, 2013 at 8:54pm: Thanks for the help. The algae is like pea sized balls stuck to the leaves of the plants. They are stuck to leaves pretty well, I cannot remove them easily. I have cut the light hours down by about 25%, I am going to see if that helps.