DIY Fish Fert. how does this look?

[Janxster]

I started a diy fish fertilizer as seen on BAS with fish (1350g meat and skin), dry molasses (450g) , 3 L water, 6 tbsp EM (also DIY so LABs only.) It separated like the LAB culture does. Has anyone done this and know if its normal. The top part looks like the curds in a LAB culture and is even tighter today(pic from yesterday).
I also added 3/4 cup of ground shrimp shells and 3/4 cup crab meal after about 2 hrs and seeing someone else add it, seemed like a good idea and I had it on hand.
It's interesting and not what I expected.

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[Olderfart]

That should smell interesting...

 

[Eyes on Fire]

Are you following any set ,set of instructions? I used this method for a 6 month warm compost in a soil mix outdoors years ago.Seemed to really work well.I'd do it this way instead of chucks.

 

[Janxster]

Are you following any set ,set of instructions? I used this method for a 6 month warm compost in a soil mix outdoors years ago.Seemed to really work well.I'd do it this way instead of chucks.

@Eyes on Fire I got confused in that I started out thinking I was making KNF FAA but after starting I realized I didn't have the required IMO3 but did have LABS and needed to be following the unconventionalfarmer / gil methods recipe's.
https://www.unconventionalfarmsupply.com/homemade-fish-fertilizer
- Add water. You can use a simple guide of 3:1 – 3 parts water to 1 part ferment material. 1 roughly 8in tilapia comes to about 500mL when ground up, so I add about 1500mL water.
- If you are using a blender, blend up the mixture. The water helps keep it loose so it blends much better after you add the water.
- Add lacto bacilli to blended fish mixture. I use 2tbsp per L. You can use more or less if you want. 2tbsp/L is plenty though. See our lactobacillus recipe for proper preparation and dilution of your lacto serum.
- .Add 1/3 parts sugar. This should be 1/3 the amount of fish you’ve added. Sugar will be either molasses or normal cane sugar.
TIP: Try not to use cane sugar since it is chemically bleached. Raw(unrefined) sugar like muscovado is best. In the Philippines we use molasses because it is cheap, but any glucose source works – syrup, honey, etc. Just use whatever is cheap. Glucose gives microbes energy. Whatever you have access to cheaply, go for it.
If using sugar, the equivalency is about 1KG sugar = 1L solution. So if you have 500mL like my tilapia, you want 1/3 of that in sugar. You’d use about 167g sugar, or roughly ¾ cup.
- I blend the whole mixture up a bit. It’s good to have it as fine as possible.
Up to you how much you blend it, I blend until I don’t hear so many bones crunching in the blades of the blender.
- Now you have liquefied fish, sugar, and lacto. Pour this mixture into a container. Loosely cover the container. No need to seal, because the container will explode as CO2 is released by fermentation. You just want to make sure other things don’t get into it. I use a container with a lid and loosely screw the cap on top (just make sure you don’t seal it because it WILL explode).
- The process takes anywhere from 3 weeks to over a month. How do you know its finished? By the smell.

Mine is
1350 g Fish
450g liq Molasses
3L water
6tbsp AEM

This is what it looks like after 2 weeks. I have no idea what its supposed to look like, but just doesn't seem right, I shook it a few times and it settles back to this. The top layer of liquid is slowly becoming thicker. Is this a LITFA moment?

 

[BII]

I don't follow all of the acronyms. This includes BAS, EM, LAB and LABs, KNF, FAA, IMO3, LITFA, AEM, etc. I'm sure many, if not most, others have problems too.

I suspect this monoculture (lactobacilli only) is not as effective as more diverse culture, such as if healthy soil or tea made from healthy soil were used (or also used) to inoculate the mixture - be more like nature, more microbial diversity. Or maybe also inoculate with a product like ReCharge.