Vacuuming but no skimmer? is this possible if so how?

[Cain]

We got a pool last year with the house, a splash omega 20ft pool.

From what I can tell the pool doesn't have a skimmer on it, and the previous owner mentioned he would basically run a manual vacuum with his foot as he was in the pool.

I want to get a bit less involved than that with cleaning the pool, so I have been looking at a variety of pool cleaners, basically aqua bugs, etc.

My concern is this, I am not sure how I would hook these up when my pool doesn't have a skimmer?

Initially I thought I would plug it in to the bottom which I beleive is called an "intake" from what I can gather from the manual. There is like an adapter peice there right now that I believe the previous owner used.

But, I would prefer not having to crawl into the pool every time I want to do this.

Could I just plug the line directly into the intake portion of the filtration pump itself?

looks like this except its black:

Or, is it better to just get a skimmer?

 

[duraleigh]

That a pretty good size pool and I think a skimmer would be almost mandatory to help you keep it clean.

 

[Cain]

yeah, I am not sure how the previous owner did it.

I went ahead and picked up the skimmer for the pool so will see how that goes. If the vaccuming part works well enough now, I will do more research on auto cleaners.