What does the diet of a seahorse consists of?

Sea horses are tiny to relatively tiny creatures with voracious appetites. The smallest sea horses measures less than an inch, while the largest ones are no more than 14 inches. No matter their size, sea horses eat constantly and they eat a lot. What They Eat. read more

Seahorses are primarily ambush predators, feeding on crustaceans, mostly shrimp. In the wild most seahorses only eat live food. (Although H. capensis is an exception and known to feed on dead food). In our aquariums wild caught specimens have to be trained to make the switch from food available in the wild. read more

The main part of a sea horse’s diet consists of plankton and tiny crustaceans such as small shrimp, according to National Geographic. Sea horses eat by sucking food through their snouts. Because the openings are small, they can’t eat large quantities of food at once. read more