Do The Lights Matter Whn Adding New Inverts?

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Im adding a coral banded shrimp and 3 turbo snails...they have been drip acclimating for over 6 hours, so they will be in the tank soon. Do i really need to keep the lights off or can they be on right away?
 
Snails do not care about light. If you have a bunch of really aggressive/nippy fish, then lights off for a few minutes might be useful to avoid having physically fragile animals like shrimp harassed straight out of the bag (just to give them time to get tucked away somewhere), but otherwise there should be no need.
 
Slower the better (within reason), unless it is something that poops a lot. Although I have never done a 6 hour drip, not even for SPS. Just fill the container with tank water (dripped), empty half and fill again then you should be good to go.
 

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