LR Weight-- HELP QUICK!

mujtba

mujtba

Member
im on my way to get more LR. b4 i did that , i was weighing my LR.
Heres the thing.
I individually weighed my rocks on a scale and then added it.. the total weight came to be 65lbs..
now I put it all in a bucket and put the bucket on a scale and it was 85lbs.
so how much does my LR weigh? the bucket was just 2lbs itself..
please help i need to know asap how much it weighs or am i doin sumin wrong...
 
mujtba

mujtba

Member
no addition error. did it few times...
i just retried and reweighed it individually and i got 73lbs..
but in a bucket on the scale, i get 85lbs...
which do i trust?
its a human weight scale...
 
fishman830

fishman830

Active Member

Originally posted by Magic_Carp
did you have water in the bucket?? lol saltwater is 9 pounds a gallon, did your LFS weigh it for you? mine does.
i believe it's 8.4 :p
 
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markymark

Guest
a little bit of salt wont add .6 of a pound to a gallon of water, i dont add a full pound when i mix up 5gals of water
 
mujtba

mujtba

Member
no theres 0 water in the bucket...
i just used another bucket which is taller and deeper, i put the LR in there and weighed it, and it was 80lbs now..
very strange..
i know the LFS weighs it for u, but how do u trust em? anyway i ordered mines online and the total shipping weight was 140lbs.. it came with LS. I really doubt my LS is 90lbs cuz the LS was only 1inch in height in the tank...
:notsure:
 
bigarn

bigarn

Active Member
Total shipping weight is the gross weight of everything......containers, bags , right down to the tape.
Don't go by it in your calculation. :D
 
mujtba

mujtba

Member
we still dont know whats going on...
have any one of u tried to weigh ur own rocks or do u have blind faith in the LFS?
i was just tryin to weigh mines to see how much more LR i need, and this is what i ran into..
the scale I got is at ZERO. i have 2 scales, im about to try both..
ones digital and ones mechanical..
this sucks
 
squidd

squidd

Active Member
Are you just putting the rock on the "human" scale and adding up the 5 lbs, 7 lbs, 10lbs (or what ever)...?
Try it by weighing your self as a base rate and then yourself holding each rock to to get "net" weight of the rocks...
"People" scales are NOT accurate at the extreme limits of there range...
LFS generally use a "baby" scale or a "low range" scale when weighing rock...
 
squidd

squidd

Active Member
Otherwise, go with the "Bucket" reading...
There you are more in a "trustable" range of a "people" scale...:yes:
 
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tizzo

Guest
I just weighed 1 cup of oceanic and it weighs 10.4 oz. (not including the container it was in).
Now that that's aside, let's get back to the original question...
One problem might be the displacement of the rock. If you put a 5lb rock in the center of a scale that is made for weight to be evenly distributed to 2 sides, the you're gonna throw things outa whack. You cannot use a people scale unless you have 2 pieces the same weight and you place them where your feet would be if you stepped on it. I would "think" that the whole bucket would give a more accurate reading. That is only my opinion.
 
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