Big stones or small gravel easier to clean?

[henward]

I am wondering
what is easier to clean?
Big stones as substrate. Stones the size of big marbles ranging to size of eggs
OR
your average small gravel maybe slightly smaller than the size of peas.
I have recently put big stones at the bottom of my aro tank, i found that when i syphoned the bottom, It was harder to take the crap out, and it seemed like there was more crap to take as opposed to when it was a finer smalle gravel. Is this my imagination or is this because it is harder to clean?

 

[wjones1970]

I would say the smaller would be best. The big stuff is harder to move the vacuum around in IMO..

 

[Tunnel Rat]

And I always make sure the gravel is small enough to pass through my fish when swallowed.


Rat

 

[damien]

The smaller grade the substrate is, the easier it gets to maintain in my opinion. The larger the gaps are for poop to get stuck in, well, more poop will get stuck in!

Sand is the easiest to maintain because crap just sits on top of it.

 

[wjones1970]

Love my cheap pool filter sand..