How to acclimate Live Aquaria inverts

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Hi there,
I'm receiving a midnight clownfish and misc inverts (lettuce nudibranchs, hermits, snails) tomorrow. The fish I was going to do a fast acclimation on (fast drip taking like 30 min) to avoid ammonia problems.

For the inverts, since apparently the fast drip isn't a good idea, I'm thinking about taking some of my tank water and diluting the salinity to whatever the bags I receive are as well as adjusting pH and immediately transferring them from the water they come in and slow dripping them up to my 1.026

What do you all think?
 
Ive always just used a drip, I like to double or slightly more in 40 min. has worked for really pretty much everything I have ever had.

I will, if Im concerned (like sea stars) , continue the drip until its replaced the water by double in the added vol, but never for more than an hour.
 

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