sabae, carpet or BTA

Moonstream

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the three anemones that I am trying to decide between for my 75g DT are sabaes, carpets and BTAs. I would love to have a sand based anemone, and have heard that sabaes usually stay near the sand. I know that carpets do as well, but I am worried bout their large potential size. BTAs would obviously be good, but I dont like the fact that they tend to stay near the rocks...

I was wondering which would fit my setup better, here are the specs
size- standard 75g tank (soon to have 20H sump and 15g fuge)
skimmer- octopus NW-200
flow- mag 9 return pump running about 5', 3 koralia 3's, 1 koralia 1
lighting- 8XT5 bulbs (1/2 actinic, 1/2 10K)
sand- 1.5-2" in display, soon to be about 3-4" in fuge
rock- about 120lbs throught system

I am hoping to have a pair of percula clowns host in the anemone, they may eventually be replaced with a pair of B/W ocellaris...
 
IMHO: BTA(s) on a pillar surrounded by sand under a point light source, as in Metal Halide.
 
I cant use a MH in my tank due to a center brace made of glass that the previous owner put in. I have only T5 lighting and dont plan to change that.

would the sabae or carpet do okay in my tank?
 
I pretty much consider myself to have ideal anemone conditions and I still can't keep anything other than BTA :(
 
imma lean to the BTA, i only say that because with not having a MH system a bta will climb the rock to be closer to the light....
 
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