THE CHLORINE PATH
The chlorine path includes almost everything on the chemical shelf at the pool store. The most popular topics are covered here.
By far the most popular way of getting chlorine in the pool.
You buy chlorine and use it in one of these three ways.
If you thought the "salt water pool" you heard of was something other than chlorine, you were mislead, didn't understand what you read or were lied to.
When the device you buy to make your "salt water pool" work says chlorine generator right on the box, you get a clue of what it does.
You manufacture your own chlorine instead of buy it.
That's it. Nothing else is different than the tab above.
Mineral systems are chlorine reduction items. They come in various forms covered here. No they do not replace chlorine entirely, they reduce the amount required.