I am promising myself that I won't fill my tank until I am back from study abroad or decide not to go, but I'm still planning! I would like:

1 angelfish
1 rubberlip pleco
1-2 dwarf gourami
maybe some shrimp
And some sort of peaceful schooling fish that won't nip at my angel. Would glow-light danios be eaten by a fully grown angelfish? Would a school of diamond tetras be too much? What about marbled hatchetfish?

I'm also planning on this tank being heavilly planted so no plant nibblers or uprooters.

I have lots of plants in mine with 7 green fire tetras, 2 yoyo loaches, one baby BN pleco, and one HM betta.
Almost went with a couple angles instead but wanted to put a betta in there so decided on the tetras instead.

The tank is very peaceful and I just love the yoyo's. Was not to sure about them when I got them but they are great. They hve not dug up anything and they keep the snail's at bay.

Danios are kind of nippy, semi-aggressive fish, so they might bother others. I wouldn't put them in tank with fish that have long fins, just in case they would nip at them. They're also on the small side (thinking about the possibility of them getting eaten)..... but they are qiuck fish and may be able to stay away.

Any advice on compatibility of congo or diamond tetras with angelfish? What about turquoise rainbows? An alternative may be to have 5-6 rainbows instead of the tetras and gourami.

I don't want anything that eats plants.

I have hatchetfish and they are a very peaceful schooling fish. Mine have never, ever bothered anybody else in the tank. Also, cory cats are peaceful and like to schoal with their own kind.

My glolight danios have only nipped fins on my albino cories. They've been with other type cories, swordtails, platies, various tetras and a female betta and never nipped any of their fins.