The wood is a Manzanita Branch, well 2 of them. They aren't tech on back order, but they are getting a new shipment of them in at the end of the week and wanted to wait for it so they could pick me out some better pieces.

I am hoping the tannins from the leaves and sticks make the water suitable for the shrimp to breed in, but if not than no big loss. I will just keep restocking it as needed. Everything I have read online says that my setup should work. I will have a high mortality rate in the baby shrimp, but I am not looking to mass breed to sale them I am just looking to keep the tank populated.