Feeding seahorses

[Cyclura]

If im supposed to feed at least once daily, how much do i feed at that meal? I dont think ive ever read anything on obesity in seahorses but i could be wrong. Do you normally give them all that they will eat until they stop eating?

This question is specifically geared towards the difference in food comsumption of fry, juvenilles, sub-adults, and adults.

[JustDavidP]

Seahorses can and do get fatty liver issues if they over eat. My adults take about 10 mysid each; each day. My fry eat baby brine shrimp, gut packed. They (dozens in a tank) eat for about an hour. Thereafter, I do a water change and remove the uneaten foods. The juvi's that take frozen get frozen shaved mysid or cyclopeeze. Same deal. They eat for an hour and I siphon off the leftovers.

They should eat every day. I (and some others) fast them for one day every week.

Dave