I suggest an upgrade on the lighting just so that you can have a much nicer planted tank. You should get maybe 3 WPG of lighting on that 30 gallon which is going to be around 60 watts of lighting. You should get 6500 K light bulbs to provide the right spectrum for the plants. For the foreground, a great plant would be Riccia Fluitans. A long carpet of that along the foreground will be stunning. For the middle,you might consider some driftwood and some small crypts or anubias around it or tied to it. Something nice that could go behind the driftwood in the background might be bacopa or rotala. Or you could go with some amazon swords or corckscrew vals. It all depends on what you prefer. One important tip if you want a nice aquascape is buying less variety of plants but more quantity. You should mass on like 1 or 2 background plants, 1 or 2 middle, and 1 or 2 foreground. Keep it within several species of plants and it will make a much more realistic look.
Also, Co2 injection would be extremly helpful to your plants as well as fertilizers. Good luck.
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