Check you see if you scale has a tare option, it should. Put the cap on the scale, tare to 0 then add meds for correct weight.
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So I received my gram scale, unwrapped and calibrated it last night. So this is most likely a stupid question but guessing the best way to weight your meds is to find a small cap into which you will place the med. Weight the cap, calculate the weight of the med based on dosage for number of gallons and add the two weights together.
Add some of the meds to the cap and weight it on the scale. Remove the cap from the scale and add/remove the med to the cap and reweight until you are at the target weight. Missing anything here?
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Check you see if you scale has a tare option, it should. Put the cap on the scale, tare to 0 then add meds for correct weight.
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The lid of mine removes to become a container..same thing; turn on, wait for zero, place container, push tare, goes back to zero
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Hi pat......I have two scales at home.......one to measure med contents.(precise).....and the other for homemade foods with tare option.
being lazy all the time....for foods....this scale
http://www.cooking.com/products/shpr...#axzz1poW7XvYa
for meds.....personal reference....mine is 0.01 gm
imo this scale is good enough to calculate meds in mgs................perhaps others could chime in
http://www.oldwillknottscales.com/je...-js-200xv.html
just sharing.
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Thanks Francis, I ended up getting this one,
http://www.oldwillknottscales.com/my...gempro-50.html
I liked the fact it has a resolution of mg. It does indeed have a tare feature.
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I got one off ebay that measures 0.01 for $28 has a 2.5" platform but I am finding out it works great just need to calibrate it before each use. Do you have a sick fish Pat are you weighing out meds?
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Sorry to hear Pat. When I had my 5 that got sick recently vermisol fixed 4 of them the last one I had to pull and use metro+kanamycin after 10 days he is fine and back with the group eating. I am no expert but that is what I did and it worked.
Good Luck hope he gets better
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Well here's a tip for you guys. The next time you need to weight out meds or something, try this with your scale. Put the container you're going to weight the meds in on the scale before you turn the scale on. Mine seems to self tare every time you turn it on. May not work with your type/brand of scale, but it does mine.
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Thanks Keith, I will try that but did find I could place the container on the scale and push the tare button and the weight would go to zero. If I removed the container the scale would show the weight of the container. Place the container back on the scale and it would go to zero. I am pretty sure I am using it correctly.
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Most of the scale don't adjust to zero when you have a container on the surface before you turn on that scale. So you must adjust it to zero after you turn it on and have container on the surface for getting accurate measurement.
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