Six Line Wrasse & Sexy Anemone Shrimp - match made or inevitable Appetizer...?

[FenMuskieHunter]

I'm pretty new to the reef. Have had a Biocube 14 running for about 7 weeks. Seems to be going OK with consistent water quality checking salinity, PH, Alkalinity, Ca, Nitrate & Ammonia;

Current Residents and contents of the Biocube are:-

15lb of Live Rock & Deep Sand bed

Small Catalina Goby;
Small False Percula Clownfish;

Corals
Galaxia
(...& I forget the type of the other similar colour but has spiral branches rather than clusters of polyps)
Cluster of Zoanthids

Clean Up Crew Inverts
5 Blue legged Hermit crabs;
Skunk Cleaner shrimp;
Sexy Anemone shrimp;
3 Astria Snails

Yellow Feather Duster (but having fallen between rocks was seen AWOL from his tube today and since disappeared) - not sure what to do about it - looked like he was alive before I lost him.

Question is how compatible are Six Line wrasse and my Sexy Shrimp going to be ?? It's pretty small so I do wonder if it would be a tasty & expensive morsel. Any thoughts ?

Other thing is I'm tempted with a really nice Torch Coral I saw today which might be a more sensible acquistion and less risky...

Any experienced advice appreciated.

Thanks in advance

[poppin_fresh]

The sixline may snack on the shrimp... mine ate two peppermint shrimp. It is hard to say though. If its kept well fed, it might not feel the need to off the shrimp.

Personally on a tank that small and young I would not add anything else for a little while longer.I dont know that a torch would do very well if you only have the stock Biocube pump for flow. You might want to look at one of the small microjets/pico pumps for more flow.

[PhotoJohn]

my pink torch coral was amazing! grew great in my 24 nano

[fat walrus]

Six-line wrasse or not, those sexy shrimp rarely survives in captivity. Look at their dietary requirements.

[FenMuskieHunter]

Originally Posted by fat walrus

Six-line wrasse or not, those sexy shrimp rarely survives in captivity. Look at their dietary requirements.

What do the Sexy Shrimps need to be fed ? What kind of lifespan can I expect?

It seems OK at the moment. I am feeding frozen brine shrimp & Mysis. Yesterday I tried some Omega One -Marine Pellets with Garlic but only the Hermits showed much interest.

Thanks for your advice

[CarmieJo]

I have a frogspawn in my nano with the stock pump and another 150 gph (or so) powerhead for circulation and it is doing great. I have the stock PC lights.