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Hopefully you will get 27 reponses.....all with a different idea on how to work it.
Each one will be sincere, each based on their own learned knowledge. So don't get discourage with so much to choose from. In a perfect world you would have a hobbiest close by with similar sourse water and stocking loads and pond size that you could emulate.
I don't want to influence info to come so I will make a couple of broad statements.
Each bottom drain needs a settling sump of it's own. Three feeds into a single vortex no matter how big it is, is a disaster waiting to happen.
Why are you so high on bead filters? There is a place in this world for them but it's to retro fit an old pond that hasn't kept up with modern standards. Not a brand new one that can be designed properly.
make sure you get a gauge and know exactly to the gallon what it is you pond actually holds, not just by math.
Make sure all your electrical is on a ground fault interrupter.
plan on a 24/7 trickle in of conditioned or treated water with overflow drain out.
when you build your trickle tower make sure you have atleast a four foot drop
thru media and if your smart you will pump air into the base of the tower and let it escape thru vent holes in the top under the drip tray.
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