The wonder snail

I've been having some problems with algae in my aquarium. Luckily it's just brown algae (which I read are common in new tanks and are easily removed), not like the last time when I had huge amounts of green algae.

I wanted to get something that would eat the algae and as I don't really want a fish I decided snail would be a way to go. Last time I tried with apple snails, which sadly didn't end well (for snails or my aquarium which ended overgrown with algae) so I did a bit of reading and saw how everyone were saying how great Nerite snails are. Since these snails need brackish water to grow up after hatching and no one here has managed to raise them yet I had to visit my local aquatic shop. They are a bit pricier than apple snails (ok a lot pricier), but I have to say I'm impressed.

After being in my aquarium for only a day the busy snail already cleaned about a third of one glass. Which is really impressive considering how much algae there was (and since I saw it crawling on my sponge filter which has quite some algae too, I imagine it ate alot more).
I am even considering buying a second one to help with the cleaning:)

(picture coming soon)