Restor - Liquid Coral Tissue Nutritional

• Encourages health, growth, reproduction, and vibrant coloration.
• Widely used by professional coral farmers to increase the tissue growth rate
• Provides important nutrients to corals and their allies during periods of stress-induced
  by changes in lighting and/or prolonged exposure to excessive water temperature (often
  resulting in “bleaching”).
• Aids in tissue repair after corals have undergone fragmenting and captive propagation.
• Does not require refrigeration.

Dosing Instructions

Shake product well before using. Turn protein skimmer and other forms of mechanical filtration off prior to adding foods fortified with Restōr to aquaria, and allow 10 - 15 minutes after feeding before resuming the operation of filtration.
Target Feeding (recommended): Target feeding may be carried out with a lengthy piece of rigid air tubing, plastic syringe, pipette, dropper, or similar device; pour 5 ml (1 capful) into a small container and suck a portion of this into the feeding device, then slowly discharge the contents of the device 2 - 4” upstream of the target organism(s). Repeat these steps as deemed necessary. Wash the portion (inside and outside) of the feeder that was placed into aquarium water with a dishwasher or very hot water and soap before placing it into this bottle (if feeding directly from the bottle rather than from a separate container); failure to do so will contaminate the product and encourage it to decompose. Restōr may be utilized as a food-soak; to do so, place food into a clean container, add up to 5 ml of Restōr and allow 5 - 10 minutes for the food to soak; target feed as directed.
Broadcast Dispersal: Add up to 5 ml per 50 gallons of water in the entire aquarium system in an area of rapid water movement every two to three days for the first four weeks of use; thereafter, the dosage may be increased as desired.

Notes: Add no more than 5 ml total of liquid food suspensions per 50 gallons of water in the entire aquarium system daily for the first four weeks of use; thereafter, the dosage may be gradually increased as desired. Starting out at a low dosage and gradually increasing it with time will allow the biological filtration in the aquarium to adjust to the increase in nutrients and prevent water quality from deteriorating. This product is best utilized by target feeding specific invertebrates in an aquarium; in doing so, the majority of the complex may be consumed by the intended organisms rather than ending up in filtration media or indirectly impacting water quality (as often occurs when indiscriminately “broadcast feeding”).

Food Rotation: Foods for corals should be rotated to provide variety and a more complete nutritional profile.  Brightwell recommends that you don't just mix all your foods together and feed the same thing every day.  Feeding a broad range of nutrients will more closely simulate what animals encounter in their natural habitat.  Do some research on your animals to see what their nutritional needs are.  Brightwell makes a number of different planktonic and particulate foods that can be rotated to provide a more balanced diet.  These can be fed in addition to the CoralAminōand Restōr which can be fed every day along with those foods.  Some of them are PhytōGold, PhytōGreen, Zooplanktōs, and Reef Snow.

Technical Background

Brightwell Aquatics Restōr is a complex of amino acids and fatty acids derived from marine fishes and crustaceans; it is a strong source of EPA, DHA, and other omega-3 fatty acids, as well as naturally-occurring pigments. Restōr was specifically formulated for the care of corals and their allies that: have been recently placed into a new aquarium and are adjusting to new lighting; have recently been exposed to prolonged elevated temperatures (inducing expulsion of symbiotic zooxanthellae, known as “bleaching”); have suffered tissue damage either through fragmenting or propagation or through the unwanted grazing activities of aquarium inhabitants. Research has shown that during bleaching events, some corals obtain the majority of their nutrients through the capture of prey rather than by relying on zooxanthellae, until such time as the zooxanthellae have become adjusted to the change in lighting or re-established in the coral tissue. While the contents of Restōr will not directly reverse coral bleaching, they will effectively provide nutrients required by the coral to potentially survive the period of time during which zooxanthellae are recovering or being reacquired; no express claims are made that corals who have suffered bleaching will recover when using this product, however, it has generally been observed that corals obtaining the required nutrition (by actively feeding) during such an event have a higher rate of recovery. Using Restōr to fortify plankton of the proper size range for the target organism(s) is an extremely effective means of providing those important substances.

Restōr does not require refrigeration, however, storage in a cool, shaded area will prolong the activity of the vitamins. Refrigeration will maximize the shelf-life of the product.