Thank you so much. I may practice the siphon thing on my 75g to see if I understand like I think I do.

i have a tendency to talk my husband into new pets by saying "it's easy and low maintenance!" And then by the end of it I've got an expensive project on my hands and I feel like this is already going down that path. I was originally ok with throwing some peat in a tank with a big dish of water and some fake plants...now I'm wanting at least 50/50 water and land with live plants. I think I'm getting in over my head because I've never done any of this and now I'm trying to learn about frogs, live plants, filters, lights, and how the heck to build exactly what I want. Ugh!