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I have several types of cories spread between 40 fish tanks. I tried getting orange laser for breeding purposes last year, but the source was horrible and they kept dying. Then I'd get them replaced for free, and they would die again. I did end up with two survivors after very hard dosing of oxytetracycline - before they banned that from feed stores. But both survivors are male. Since I didn't have any other aeneus at the time, I put them in with my black cories for now. No cross-breeding as of yet, because the black aeneus haven't bred at all since I added the orange ones.

But last week, someone GAVE me 8 green laser cories. They all arrived alive and healthy, and I'm seeing at least three females out of that (based on size, and the fact that females won't quite pay attention to other cories, but males will almost always be following and "flirting" with females).

But curiousity has gotten me. What would happen if I put the orange laser and green laser together? If they cross-breed, what will the offspring look like? Do they go with one color or the other, or do they somehow mix colors? Or is orange, perhaps, already the result of crossing a green and red? Has anyone tried mixing the different-colored laser cories, and can report what they got from it?

Hi Ltygress,

I've been following (and participating in) this on Facebook, so you already know what I know (which is nothing).

That said, I would be surprised if anyone here will encourage you to go forward in order to find out. Green lasers and orange lasers, although both are undescribed by science, are considered to be separate species. To intentionally mix them for breeding (just to find out what you'll get in the hybrids) would be something that many if not most members here are not in favor of, for the purpose of protecting species/genetic integrity.

Just my thoughts.

Cheers, Eric