New to the Pool Scene

[asunrisehighway]

Hi all!

I'm new to the pool cleaning and maintenance and was wondering if you guys can give me some advice. I have a automatic vacuum called "The Pool cleaner" and was wondering with maintenance, would i still need to have a physical vacuum to manually vaccuum the pool? Is it needed to manually vaccuum and have the automatic vaccuum going? Please let me know!

and also, what is your take on powder chlorine vs liquid chlorine. Which is better?

A little bit lost,
asunrisehighway

[aylad]

I find that it is still necessary to have a manual vacuum--most of the auto cleaners will not pick up very fine particles.

Regarding chlorine, we really can't give you an answer to that without test results on your water. The "better" form of chlorine depends on what your pool needs.

[Watermom]

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