[dollyhorse101]

I ended up setting this guy up. 2.5g Walstad with a heater, capped with Fluval Stratum, and a 13W CFL desk light. It's been up less than a month and the growth is pretty sweet. It does have a very mini CO2 setup too, which was my scaled-down experiment for a diy yeast-sugar CO2 setup before doing it on a bigger scale.

 

[dollyhorse101]

I usually agree with geisterwald, but here I must strongly object! Lose the heater. It takes up so much room in that tiny tank. There are plenty of non-tropical fish you can keep. Maybe something local to your area? In the very least you could throw in some ghost shrimp.

If you look in the first picture I had a much smaller heater but when I set this up it actually stopped working. This was my temporary replacement. I'm not a fan either but it'll do until I can try and find another smaller one. If not then I'll consider it without. I feel as though this tank will end up being just for shrimp and maybe a couple of snails. I'd really like some cherry shrimp cause I've never had them before. So I'll play it by ear after a few months on what I ultimately want to do with it!

 

[dollyhorse101]

Another quick update. Glosso is slowly but steadily making a carpet, and Amazon sword is getting big. It will obviously outgrow this tank, but it was stunted in my main tank and I'm impressed that it's doing so well in this one. Dwarf sag is look better too and the crypt and anubias have both sprouted more leaves!