Yabbie's

I've heard that too. It's a good idea to transfer your little guys to a new dam and then wait - it won't take long for the ones left to make the most of the extra space!

It's the same principal as fish tanks I've heard, I used to have a cat fish and when I rehomed him to a bigger tank he doubled in size in a matter of months!

Oh... I can't resist asking... why the apostophe's ??

You mean apostrophe's? coz u have to put an apostrophe when your adding an s onto the end of a word, that's what i was taught at school anyhow lol

Or did you mean my cool smiley face at the end of my sentence? if u look at this :) from the other angle its a smiley face ;) and thats a wink ...

Apostrophes are used in two ways. They either show that something belongs to someone e.g. Sally's shoes, or when a word is shortened e.g. it's means it is. No other times.

Everyone seems to have gone crazy putting them in whenever an 's' is at the end of a word... yep I'm a teacher.

Look above.... no apostophe in Apostrophe's, way's, belong's, time's..... see?

On the question of your yabbie's it's because of the over population so a good fishing out will help increase the size of the critters.
You can also feed them and one of the feeds we used was lupin's (not too sure about the apostrophe as it depends on the ownership of them as also we could be describing more than one etc) they are a safer food source than wheat or barley and it is better to start with a small amount and see how quick they are consumed.
If there is/are (now I'm becoming downright jumpy) any left after a few days cut the amount in half don't feed them if you want to trap them within a few days as they don't tend to respond as they aren't hungry.

It can at times be difficult to decipher some spelling and grammar and I know this is a place of learning so maybe a weekly thread for the teachers who just need to keep imparting their knowledge.

cheers
wafarmer

Since the dawn of the internet it has been considered rude and belittling to question the spelling or grammar of others and, invariably, it is a risky thing to do – as we shall see.

“Oh... I can't resist asking... why the apostophe's ??”

Why the apostrophe in “apostophe's”? Why the two question marks? Why the space before the question marks? I’ll assume the misspelling is a typo.

“Apostrophes are used in two ways. They either show that something belongs to someone e.g. Sally's shoes, or when”

An inappropriate use of sentence structure; the two sentences should either be joined by a conjunction or separated by a semicolon. There should not be a comma after “shoes”.

“Look above.... no apostophe in Apostrophe's, way's, belong's, time's..... see?”

If you’re going to scatter ellipses around like confetti then, at least, be consistent in their structure (normally three points) and two typos. (apostophe) is just sloppy.

I commend the Oxford Style Manual to you – I think you would learn much from it.

And for those interested:

http://www.apostrophe.org.uk/

And to the OP: my understanding, also, is that over-population will be the most likely cause. Put a couple of pike in there for a month :)

lol... hook line and sinker!

Ahh the standard response when brought back to size.....

Well done Nigel

Browny

Yep, feed things and they grow.