Every dollar you spend with Seahorse Grotto directly funds:
Daily Seahorse Care
Specialized seahorse foods, live brine shrimp and grass shrimp, enrichment items, and the meticulous attention these delicate creatures require.
Our current cost: $600+ a month
Optimal Habitat Maintenance
Water changes, water quality testing, filtration systems, temperature control, lighting, and carefully designed environments that keep our seahorses thriving.
Our current cost: $200+ a month
Ethical Breeding Program
Maintaining genetic diversity, careful lineage tracking, breeding pair selection, and the patient work of raising seahorse fry to adulthood.
Health Monitoring & Emergency Medical Care
Preventative care and emergency medical response when seahorses show signs of illness. Your support ensures we can act immediately when medical intervention is needed.
Our current cost: $100+ a month
Wild Collection Pressure Reduction
Every captive-bred seahorse means one less taken from ocean reefs. Your support directly protects wild populations.
Wild Populations Restoration
With your help we breed wild-caught seahorses from the Florida Keys, and release their offspring into struggling populations where they originated.
Conservation Research
Contributing to our understanding of seahorse biology, reproduction, genetics, and the best practices for their care and conservation.
Education & Advocacy
Sharing knowledge that transforms seahorse enthusiasts into ocean advocates, creating ripples of positive change far beyond the Grotto.
Our current cost: $500+ a month