Thank you, Jools! Good to know its not necessary for his survival. It'd just be more of a treat for him, then? And can anyone tell if if adding driftwood to my tank will cause any unwanted reactions? Would I have to add new chemicals to compensate? I also heard that driftwood leeches something, but ...

Hi! I bought a butterfly pleco today and he has been acclimated and in my tank for over 7 hours now, and I've been reading up on him. I can't find a definitive answer on whether or not his species actually needs driftwood to survive? I have a good amount of algae built up on my walls and some rocks ...