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Check out my $35 “haddoni” I received from an online order. Excuse the terrible pics, just received it in the last hour.

SCORE!!

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Gorgeous!!! If I could get more $35 nems like that I'd already have built a new display tank by now to house them all.
No kidding, I’ve contacted them to see if they have anymore gigantea they’ve misidentified. Maybe I can get a bunch…….hmmm….then I might need another tank….
 

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No kidding, I’ve contacted them to see if they have anymore gigantea they’ve misidentified. Maybe I can get a bunch…….hmmm….then I might need another tank….
I haunt my local Petco stores hoping for this to happen, but they usually get it mixed up the other way around. :rolleyes:

BTW I got excited and forgot to say - congrats on the new nem!!!
 
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I haunt my local Petco stores hoping for this to happen, but they usually get it mixed up the other way around. :rolleyes:

BTW I got excited and forgot to say - congrats on the new nem!!!
Lol, I do the same thing at Petco! Haven’t found one yet either. I think @OrionN gets all the good Petco finds.
 

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Great score! It's beautiful! Good luck with it!
Was this a PetCo find?
 

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Check out my $35 “haddoni” I received from an online order. Excuse the terrible pics, just received it in the last hour.

SCORE!!

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I am on my phone, but that does not look like a haddoni. It looks more like a Mertensii. The verrucae on the underside of the foot appears to be a mertenssi as well.

It could also be a gig, but again, on phone and old eyes with a cracked screen is no good lol.

@Lost in the Sauce @OrionN @F i s h y thoughts?
 

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I am on my phone, but that does not look like a haddoni. It looks more like a Mertensii. The verrucae on the underside of the foot appears to be a mertenssi as well.

It could also be a gig, but again, on phone and old eyes with a cracked screen is no good lol.

@Lost in the Sauce @OrionN @F i s h y thoughts?
It is a Gigantea, it was mislabeled as a Haddoni, thus the excitement. :)
 

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It is a Gigantea, it was mislabeled as a Haddoni, thus the excitement. :)
See, old eyes, broken screen on phone, is not a good thing lol. I see the quotes over haddoni now lol.

That is a score for sure.
 

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It is a Gigantea. Mertensii have much more veracuae. Also a green Mertensii would worth many thousands. Much more so than a green Gigantea.
 

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It is a Gigantea. Mertensii have much more veracuae. Also a green Mertensii would worth many thousands. Much more so than a green Gigantea.
If you missed it, I am an idiot lol. Broken screen, nem looks slightly orange, missed a post, just basically my old feeble self being dumb lol.
 
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No kidding, I’ve contacted them to see if they have anymore gigantea they’ve misidentified. Maybe I can get a bunch…….hmmm….then I might need another tank….
They had 6 more available …….only $315 for all of them including shipping…. anyone selling a nem setup?
 
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Which online place. Please do tell.
Well…..they are now sold out of the haddoni with purple spots, but it was

 

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