foreground plant recommendations - dwarf crypts? water clover?

[clownbaby]

Heyo!

I have a 30gallon (about 110 liters) aquarium. It currently has mainly epiphyte and midground & background plants, but is definitely lacking foreground plants. 

Currently, here are the plants I am considering:

• monte carlo (micranthemum tweediei ‘Monte Carlo’)

• staurogyne repens

• water-clover (marsilea hirsuta)

• lobelia cardinalis cultivar

• dwarf species of crypts

However, I am a bit of a newbie with plants, and was hoping someone could give me some advice on these or share their personal experience! 

I do really like crypts but I would want a smaller / dwarf variety. That being said there are so many species I don't know where to start haha 😄 I also do love water-clover but will it grow okay in an aquarium?

If you have any recommendations other than the ones I listed, please let me know too! I'd appreciate it!!! THANK YOU SO MUCH!!

 

other potentially important info

dirted tank, no liquid fertilizer

no co2

30 gallons / 113 liters

sponge filter

23 degrees C (74 degrees F)

high light (8 hours a day)

stocked with pygmy cories, adding harlequin rasboras & honey gourami within next few weeks

pH 7.0 | dGH 8 | dKH 6

bowfront

i like jungle / dutch style aquariums with lots of plants heheheheheheheh

i am willing to have medium to high maintenance plants

[Beach Cruiser]

Several of those choices seem to be pretty challenging without CO2. As are Dutch style tanks. 

Some alternatives are dwarf sagittarius, pearl weed, etc. A quick search for low tech foreground aquarium plants will show you plenty of options. 

[EricksonAquatics]

Crypt parva! You’ll need a lot but it looks excellent!!

and Pearlweed if you’re willing to trim it pretty often 🙂

[Sciurus]

Crypt lucens is another great small crypt that grows faster then parva! Pearlweed is great too!