The branches in all the tanks are Manz, cheapest place I found them was www.bloomsandbranches.com I got a 15 pack of 18"-20" pieces for $80 free ship.
I've never had clear water like this, for this long with a HOB or Canister with less work. It's been nice not cleaning sumps or canisters or swapping cartridges out of HOBs, all I do is water changes and gravel vacs on Sunday oh and I scrub the algae off the glass, which is what's left that the fish don't eat. I have more time to enjoy my fish and concentrate on other things. It won't happen in this house but the next house I will have auto water changers, that will shave more time off my Sunday cleanings, all I'd have to do then are gravel vacs and don't really have to do that every week