I hated the look of bare bottom tanks before I went bare bottom myself.
After I saw it I loved the look it grew on my very fast, and it encourages me to keep
Up on water changes too
poke.. poke.. jk but seriously, I find it does as you
siphon out crap weekly. Now that I have zoas and coraline spreading on it
it looks so nice. It's also a lot brighter I find but that could be more cause I
had black sand before.
probably not the answer your looking for but my opinion so far.
Hth.