Thanks for all the positivity regarding the wood!
Went to my local LFS today (Tropical Isle in Framingham, MA).
Already had a few cherry barbs in my tank. Picked up two albino cherry barbs, and 3 quarterish-sized blushing angels. The albino cherry barbs have been added to the tank, and at the moment it appears they along with the regular cherry barbs are trying to figure out dominance. Just a lot of swimming around each other.
The angels will go in shortly...