Bird wrasse? Bad idea?

[Dolphins18]

Thinking about getting a male and female bird wrasse, but don't want any issues. I know they are large fish, the male is already 5"+.
6' tank full of aggressive eaters. I know it will eat snails, I have hundreds of them, just how fast will it decimate them? Same with conchs? Any corals that I should worry about?
How easily can these fish cause rock slides? The rocks in this tank are all pretty large and secured in the sand pretty well.
Also, if I got the fish I would keep them in 40 gallon tanks (bare bottom) for the first month or two, will these larger wrasse be okay with a container of sand to burrow in during this time?
Would rather address these questions before deciding to add it or not!
Thanks!

 

[Dbichler]

They eat small snails fast won’t eat turbo or conchs though. Their shells are too hard. They will also try and eat small fish.

 

[Dolphins18]

They eat small snails fast won’t eat turbo or conchs though. Their shells are too hard. They will also try and eat small fish.

That's alright, tank houses predators. Smallest fish being a cleaner wrasse which I wouldn't think would be an issue?

 

[paintman]

Put a bird wrasse in with about 20 chromis years back. 2 days later the wrasse had much more room in the tank for himself!

 

[dennis romano]

Had a large male back in the 1980s. He was fed 3 inch goldfish. That fish would grab a fish and smash it on the coral so that it would be tenderized then eat it.

 

[Dolphins18]

Had a large male back in the 1980s. He was fed 3 inch goldfish. That fish would grab a fish and smash it on the coral so that it would be tenderized then eat it.

wow... that is pretty nuts.