Sand vs. Gravel vs. something else (river rocks, etc)

[littlemissprincess]

I cannot decide which kind of substrate to use! I want something that looks great and is not hard to clean. Just want to see everyones opinion

[S13]

I use reef sand in my turtles aquarium with no problems. Not 100% sure on how it would impact an ACF. I'm sure someone has experience with it.

EDIT: I'm gonna pick sand because I like the way it looks. I also like the big rocks too, as I have a few of those in my turtles tank also, with a few sea shells lol.

[Sunshine]

I am choosing sand because I think it looks nice.

[Jenste]

I choose sand because short of having a bare bottomed tank, I found it to be the easiest substrate to take care of. I have had bare bottomed, sand, gravel, small rocks, larger river rocks, and tiles...but I like sand the best

[rodsboys]

I choose sand because short of having a bare bottomed tank, I found it to be the easiest substrate to take care of. I have had bare bottomed, sand, gravel, small rocks, larger river rocks, and tiles...but I like sand the best

Agreed.

[Collegekid]

I use sand. It's safer than gravel and easier to clean than big rocks where food can get trapped. You can get pool filter sand (don't ask me where, I asked at Lowes and they looked at me like I had three heads) and that's white so looks nice, and it's cheaper than getting pet store sand. Or you can just get playsand from home depot, doesn't look as nice as the pool filter sand IMO but works just fine and it's cheap.