Abstract:
Seahorses have not generally been reared on artificial food in commercial culture due to
difficulties in getting them to accept non-live foods (Woods, 2002). In this study, feeding
trials were undertaken to measure growth and survival adult seahorses, Hippocampus
kuda; fed with two types of artificial feed compared to natural feed. The artificial feeds
tested were a shrimp-flour mix (Type A) and a fish-flour mix (Type B) while the natural
feed was frozen shrimps. Growth rates however did not vary among the three treatments.
