However, frozen foods alone are not a balanced diet and will eventually result in malnutrition and illness. Feed small amounts frequently rather than a lot at any one feeding. Twice a day feedings are probably adequate but three times a day is much better. Best feeding times seem to be as the full lights go on, and at mid-day, and again one to two hours before the main lights go off. If giving them live food, ensure they always have something to chase.
Seahorses are very poor competitors.
They are ambush predators and wait until an interesting prey item appears - and then they use a powerful suction to draw it through their snouts. Initially, introduce only a little frozen food at a time into a water current so the food seems to be alive - once one seahorse has started to eat, others follow. B. Live foods 4. Gammarus can maintain a self-sustaining colony. Put some into the coral gravel of a tank and leave them alone.