If you have the luxary of a pool in your yard the minimal levels of chlorine required to keep your pool sparkling clear will the best for general disifecting. Be cautious of bleaches, it will cloud silicone and shorten thelife of the silicone based membrane discs in octos and second stages. Best is to use the new Simple Green anti bactirial formula and use a mix of 1/4 cup per 5 gallons of water, sorry thats the smallest amount that I have mixed. This mix will even take care of anthrax. It is also great for that wet suit that missed the rinsing after a long dive and was left in the back of a covered Pick up for several days in the Florida sun. ( kind of the fish guts you would forget to toss on trash day). I get it at Home Depot in the cleaning supply isle, far less then other place.