blue eyes

Hello everyone!
I am at the first stages of building my very first koi pond and could do with some advise from you more experienced owners.
My pond will hold 1200 gallons and will be 2ft in the ground and 3ft above.
I want to build it with concrete blocks and then fit a liner.
I have already got a Hozelock EcoPower 10,000 litre filter but am unsure as to the pump I need.Could I use a 4000 litre pump or is a 5000/5500 better?
I would have prefered to fibreglass it but it is well out of my budget.
I want to install a waterfall feature and airstones for extra oxygen.
Please if you can offer any suggestions or advise as to the actual build then please drop me a reply!

worthy

I dont know if you have thought about a bottom drain or not if not i would HIGHLY recomend you install one or you will regret it for ever more and it wont take to much more off your buget as for you filter not shore at the mo will do some digging around for you

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blue eyes

thanks worthy for your reply.
Firstly how do I fit a bottom drain into a liner?
How do I connect it and where will it run to?
I am doing all this work on my own as I can't get one single bloke in my family to help me