That's almost it. Now, he could perhaps stick a ceramic birdbath on top of the bricks and have the pipe fill directly into the birdbath. Then he would have the elevation needed and the breakup of the water column for increased O2. Just throwing ideas out there.
If small pond can build a pond with a wheel barrel, I bet he'll figure this out. He's far more motivated than I was at his age, and I think we all want his fish to make it.
