Ok... After some more research and thinking, I think I've narrowed it down to amanos and CRS... I'll skip the snails for now. So maybe... 5 amanos and 10 CRS? I'll take pretty much anything along those lines for 30 bucks max.
I personally would do the CRS since they breed in FW, and look great in planted tanks
but amanos would work too, but no breeding, they do get ur hopes up by getting berried