Oh reason is cuz its alot easier to clean when I do water changes then it is when I had gravel. My old setup had medium size pea gravel which I liked back then but it was a pain to clean. Not only that but I didnt like the giant mounds my Jag use to leave so with the loisellei's once I saw the female starting to dig I decided to do away with it.
I know it doesnt look natural bare bottom and either does pea gravel since alot of places its sand not gravel but it is way easier to clean. Sand is cool but I dont like hovering over the sand to clean it and I wasnt to happy when the fish kicked up sand into the filter making my filter extremely noisy.
Just my personal preference right now. I have been thinking of doing black gravel for my pleco's. Loved how the black sand looked in my 20H tank but well didnt like the clean up like stated earlier. I dont care for white sand make the fish look more faded out.
