liquid Chlorine/Clorox and 3" tabs near filter?

Liquid only unless your CYA levels are a bit low then the tabs can be helpful but that would be a rare occurrence.

If you look at the PoolMath link the bottom of that page there is an effects of adding chemicals drop down. Assuming you have your pool volume in the calculator it will tell you how adding any chemical or tablet will affect the water.
 
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