14.11.2025
Was going to close the diary today but as it doesn't smell anymore I decided to close the diary this coming Tuesday, smell shifted from chemical fish ammonia to cooked fish with the additional Citric acid I sprayed in, rest in video 📸
🐟💀 FERMAKOR: The Dorade Incident – Spontaneous Batch Log
(Because the fish came with guts, and I don’t waste potential)
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🍽️ How It Started
I ordered two big Dorades for dinner. Didn’t bother ticking the “cleaned” box.
They arrived whole — full organs, eyes staring, one of them with a stomach packed with broken seashells (free CaCO₃ bonus).
So instead of complaining, I just said:
“Alright, fine. Dinner first. Hydrolysis later.”
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⚗️ Phase 1 — The Gut Start (Day 1)
Material: 160 g of fresh guts straight from the fish.
KOH: 20 g (yep, strong ratio, I know).
Water: ~250 mL warm.
Dissolved KOH → poured over → stirred → left to liquefy.
Within minutes it warmed up and foamed; by evening it was already turning into that deep brown, oil-slick mix I like.
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Phase 2 — The Rest Goes In (Day 2)
After dinner, all the remaining parts go into the same container:
Heads, bones, fins, skin — roughly 500–600 g.
Add another 30–35 g KOH and ~0.5 L water.
Stir and let it digest for a week or two or three, until smooth.
The seashells stay in — they buffer the pH and slowly release Ca and trace minerals.
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⚖️ Phase 3 — Neutralization
Once the mix settles, I’ll neutralize down to pH 6.2–6.4 using phosphoric acid.
Target ~40 mL of 59 % H₃PO₄ for the whole thing.
Then strain through cheesecloth / pillowcase (no coffee filter — that’s only for exports 😎).
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Storage
Bottled in brown flip-top German beer bottles.
Label:
“FERMAKOR FISH BASE – DORADE INCIDENT – 2025-11-06”
Shake before use, store dark.
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🌿 Application
10 mL per 30 L barrel mid-flower as amino + micro boost.
Clean N-P-Ca + enzymes, zero smell, instant uptake.