As with all things the budget is as little as possible for as much as possible. always willing to fork out for something if it is worth it.
As for the plants, they will be mainly medium to high light required plants.
My main issue is tank depth, to type of lighting, have had suggested by a couple of people 4 T8's and others say MH.MH is what I originaly was thinking due to the tank depth, but just want to know other options before I got and do it