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At any given time I have about ten or fifteen lined seahorses. This species (Hippocampus erectus) is one of the very few coldwater-tolerant varieties in the world. This particular type of seahorse is found in coastal waters of the western Atlantic Ocean from Nova Scotia to South America.
Although tough to keep alive in captivity, healthy ones will readily breed in an aquarium. Over the past ten years I’ve had roughly three or four thousand born in my tanks. Because the tiny young are so difficult to raise, I normally release my babies immediately into Narragansett Bay. I’ve noticed recently that the small, sheltered cove I’ve been putting mine in now has one of the largest seahorse populations in the bay.
