I searched the forum and found tons of info on the wedding cake steps, but one thing I didn't see was regarding the suction cups at the bottom. I wanted to get a step pad to go under the steps to protect the liner, but all the pictures I see have the steps sitting directly on the pad without the suction cups. We've kept our suction cups on because I thought that would allow better water flow under the steps to prevent algae, but do people generally take the suction cups off instead? Any thoughts on pros or cons to leaving them verses taking them off?