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It is a slow approach. I tried to make it clear it is best followed by hobbyists -- people new or 'lightweights' in the hobby.

Advanced aquarists know where the timing may be shortened, but they often have insight as to what their final goal is -- the marine life they want to maintain -- and the nuances of choosing equipment they've come to know that works; avoiding those that may be less than optimum.

In general, with a LR marine system, there is quite a bit of entertainment going on even if there are not fish or higher invertebrates in the display for the first couple of months.

The look on people's faces when they look in the display and apparently 'see nothing' then when a bit of food is added, having all the carnivore snails pop up from the substrate and charge towards the food is precious.