One Last Job

You might remember when we first arrived at Green Lake we were feeding tiny little fish tiny little fish food in round green tanks.

Feeding fish earlier this summer.

These tiny little fish have grown quite a lot and have been moved into very large, outdoor tanks.

It has been several years since the inside tanks have been repainted and the staff decided this was the year to get started.

A couple of months ago the student intern started scraping and sanding the empty tanks.  

Fourteen tanks were targeted for a new paint job.  The staff was able to get one coat of paint on 10 tanks before other more pressing issues started taking up their time.

We were asked to complete the tanks and add a second coat.

We opened all the doors and placed fans all around for fresh air.  This is an epoxy paint that is safe for fish.

Epoxy is a two-part paint.  After mixing the two parts together the paint sits for about 45 minutes before it can be used.

We spent that time getting our supplies together and getting “suited up”.

My job was to get inside the tank with a brush and paint the drain and around the edges where a roller wouldn’t fit.

  

Mark would paint the bottom and sides.

Yep - your computer is not deceiving you - the paint really is that color!

Fourteen tanks completed

Newly painted tanks on the right.  Old paint on the left.

This was the last in a long list of jobs we’ve completed this summer.