Quote Originally Posted by Lily00 View Post
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!
As long and you can realize when things are going wrong and you still have enough interest to make the effort to change things, then you should be okay.

Don't go all out right away and blow all your budget on things that don't work for you then loose interest due to disappointment.