Add snails/critters during cycling or after?

[yourpalcm]

Setting up my first FOWLR tank...
Here's my latest dumb question...
When I add my live rock and begin cycling the tank, should I add the critters (snails, crabs, etc) right away or should I wait until the tank has fully cycled?

 

[cowhelmet]

Same thing I was about to ask. Good question

 

[lazarus]

go slow, wait until cycle is finished. they serve no great purpose til then

 

[boozzbro]

you should do it after you ammonia spike is over. after that is when you algae comes so that would be when you would need them. before the ammonia is down they probably wouldnt survive anyway so it woudl just be a waste of money.