Do I not need the floaty thing with the chlorine tabs?

No, you dont need to use pucks and as you noted they add CYA.

If you are going to use pucks, the floating dispenser is recommended vs a skimmer, since they are acidic and you dont want that acidic water going directly into your equipment from your skimmer.
 
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