I have a bunch of Money and Ring Cowries.  I see no impact from them in my tank.  They are small and don't eat much in my opinion.  For eating slime algae, I found the Trocheus snails to be the very best.  They cleaned up my tank very well after I added them to my tank.  Most of the brown slime was gone.  My tank became noticeably "cleaner" on the glass even though I already had Astreas and Ceriths and Cowries previously. 
		
	
		
		
		
		
		
	
		
		
	
	
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