The best diurnal octopus for aquarium life and size together is a o. bimaculatus. A 30 gallon is too small for it once it gets 6-8 months old. would at the very minimum keep it in a 55g. and even then wouldn't feel good about it. You could probably keep 2 sepia bandesis in a tank of your size, the thing is you really really need an established tank. I can stress water quality enough when it comes to cephalopods. you will need a good skimmer not just a mediocre one. one thing to consider is I know you are looking to save money and not get a bigger tank, but cephs require a LOT of extra cashflow. Im not saying this to scare you away, if you are aware of this and want to undertake this i think its more than wonderful. I would just want to make sure you have success with them. The food requrement for cephalopods get expensive, not as much with sepia bandesis but its still a lot. The advantage is that you do not have any specific lighing requrements for ceph tanks. with the bimac for example its reccomended to have a low light tank. bright light will stress them out. The sepia bandisis is as much as you want. its cool because as long as there are a few spots of low flow for them to chill out and caverns you can do a full bown sps tank if you like. If you have any ceph related questions feel free to pm me. be prepared for a short lived experience and the natural life cycles for cephalopods we keep are not over 2 years in captivity. usually just barely over a year with bandisis. If you want to keep them for long periods of times you would want to look into settin up a nursery for them. however with the small ammount you could house in a 30gal it would be a hard struggle to get viable eggs and a continuous life source. hopefully some of this info helps, ultimately if i were you i would not set up a ceph tank unless its 55gal or more. but again feel free to ask me any questions you may have.