Hey softail, glad you asked! No such thing as a dumb question... I guarantee we already asked all of them!

When my husband and I were new to the hobby, we used water from those Windmills that sell bottled water. Do you guys have those in Del Rio? We had the water tested and found that it was acceptable and did not have overly high phosphates or any of the other undesirable materials. Depending on the elements that are in your water, it could lead to some battles with nuisance algae or even stress out your fish and compromise their health.

If you can't find one of those, send a PM to Bobby (his user name is "delrio") and ask him where he gets his water. He should be able to steer you in the right direction and would be a good person for you to know as you get going.