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tigerfeather
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OP, please please please don't get a pleco for your tank....all small plecos will still get too big for your 2.5 gallon. I second (third?) the vote for apple/mystery snails. You can usually find gold ones in pet stores (I've also seen blues, blacks, and whites in PetSmart), or you can buy them online in neat colors such as zebra, violet, pink, etc. Beware of plant hitchhiker snails though, those tend to be pond snails and they can eat your fish.
As for the temperature, you can keep bettas in relatively cold water without any real harm being done, the fish just won't be super-active (not that bettas are anyway). When summer hits (assuming it's winter there), the water temperature will raise itself and you'll be fine. Do you have a room that you keep warmer than others? You may want to think about putting the tank there, as that will help raise the temperature too.
Good luck.
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