Green Hair Algae

[pikelk]

After being away for a few days for the holidays we noticed a mass quantity of green hair algae over everything in our entire tank. Up until a few weeks ago the only place we could find it was at the top of the water flow of the filter. Our LFS guy recommended us using paper towels and getting it out of the tank, so we did. Now it's everywhere. Did we somehow spread it?

I am siphoning it out and doing a partial water change, but there is still some on the hard to reach spots. Is there anything else that I can do to get rid of this? I'm sure it's not going to be an easy or quick fix. Are there any fish in particular that will eat it?

Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated!!!