More people would keep them if there was more availability and better prices. A lot of people argue that flowers and tigers are the same ray yet flowers are sold for under $500 even as low as $250 and a skinny dieing tiger will start at $500 and go up.
My Tiger, Sakura (Flower) and marble
Tiger was abt 20 inch when it died, had it for abt 2.5 yrs. Was a male and had a perfect tail. Pattern of this ray was not typical of a tiger, rather in between a Flower and a Tiger. Over here, some call it a Royal Bengal ( mainly to jack up the price with impressive name!)
Here's my old Tiger.. It was one of the Nicest Tigers i had ever seen. It's 30cm's on the 3year old Picture..
I sold it because i wanted Leopoldi, but i'm still sad about it. It was a stupid choise to sold him. He's now swimming somewere in Asia.