It's my first community tank, yes. I've kept a few fish before, but nothing like this. I had small tanks in the states, mostly betas, which I did successfully breed (they were easy as). Also I've kept a couple of adorable dwarf puffers (Tetraodon travancoricus) which had way more personality then a tiny little fish would be expected to have.
About snakes, really they are great! I can understand peoples initial fear of them, but honestly they are mostly timid creatures, and if well handled they rarely ever bite. Depends on species of course, I kept mainly ball(royal) pythons. They are constrictors and nothing was so cool as feeding them
My favorite lizards were Pagona vitticeps, or bearded dragons. One of them, Nero, was like my best mate. I could go anywhere with him and he'd just stay up on my shoulder, even while I drove. He never once bit anyone (well he would bite if I wore red nailpolish cause he thougth it was strawberries, his favorite food but would stop as soon as he could tell it wasn't lol). Eventually I will get another dragon, but we just don't have the space in this apt. I'm excited to try fishkeeping!