I love these threads.....
Let all the experts chime in..... I'm sure everyone in this thread KNOWS exactly what those rays were eating before they were shipped. Just like any other rays they just take to market shrimp immediately after not eating for weeks. It's a myth you have to get them started on blackworms, then to worms then to shrimp, OR maybe it's NOT. Maybe that has already been done?
Obviously you fellas aren't on the import export end very much or you'd know skinny rays are a reality. That's just the way it is. I recently recieved 3 rays from Canada that came in looking worse then those do. Doesn't matter what they look like. If they're eating they'll get better.
The buyer stated he knew what he was getting into, just part of the hobby when you buy fresh WC.
The problem is everyone wants to pay a couple bucks over import price for a ray that's been nursed back to health, but fail to understand the time and money involved in getting them better. Everyone wants rays for cheap, so they should be prepared to do some work themselves.
If you want to blame someone maybe the blame should be placed down south.... There's a saying about not hating the player but rather the game. Importing WC rays seems to be the game in this case, and everyone that has them is a player.
Most people on this board have proven there is no way to please all the little "cliques" here. Some like to buy rays from one person and that person's screwed 27 people while 27 others had great experiences. We've already PROVEN that there is NO vendor out there we can't turn away and run off. Everyone is quick to drag other people's name through the mud, but in reality these are the people making this hobby possible for us. Maybe we shouldn't be so quick to judge till we all start importing ourselves and get to lay eyes on what gets sent up here first hand. Most eyes here have no idea cause the importers quickly begin what they do every day, damage control. I've been on this board for years and watch every one that sell rays get cut down, bad talked, bannished, and yet somehow we're all able to continue to find rays to buy. I think we're pretty lucky in that regard.
We've all seen the nice rare fish available everywhere but the US in another thread on here. Americans as a whole are cheap when it comes to fish in comparison to the other countries. Don't you think that would be directly reflected in the quality and health of the fish our country recieves?
There's 2 sides to every story but that's irrelevant here. People here know the story by looking at a picture. Just another reason I am so reluctant to post any pics. I've had rays since the beginning of the year that I'd love to show off but guess what? They werea victim in this game of exportation. Still after 2 months I don't consider them to be the same "healthy" we all take for granted everyday. If people here were actually capable of being opened minded I would have posted pics but they aren't. I'm nothing but greatfull that the guy I got my skinny emaciated rays from went through all the trouble to ship them to me and they arrived alive. I could care less if they're skinnny for the next year, I don't care. I knew what I was buying and am happy I bought them. If the original poster in this thread feels the same then everyone needs to just back up, think for a minute and maybe keep thier thoughts to themselves. Why? Cause this guy is jazzed about his new rays and you all are gonna "F" that up for him. Let the guy be a happy hobbyist and kick back and wait for updates, and be thankfull some people here still have the balls to post pictures for you all to judge.
Just my .02.... I used to be one quick to judge, but after seeing stuff 1st hand my opinion changed.
then they will be fat bubble butts in no time!!! 
