Cory Question

[KrystaK]

I have two Panda Cory's (The store only had two left) And they're adorable together, they follow each other around and they're just so AWW!!
I have two questions:
Is there any way to tell the gender of a Cory?

And the store had albino Cory's, they looked basically the same. Is it OK to get different types of cory's and put them in the same tank? I'm assuming the only difference between my Panda's and the Albino's is their colour, otherwise they looked exactly the same...

 

[bristlenoseitplecoman]

I know that some corys have a shade of pink or yellow at an age of around 1.5 years old.

 

[OldMan47]

The albinos will be either aeneas or paleatus. They will get along OK with pandas but are not the same species and will not school well with them.
You judge a cory gender by its body shape. If you have lots of them you will quickly be able to see the difference but it is a bit hard to describe well. From above, the male gets wider around the back of his head and then more or less tapers back to his tail while a female will have a more rounded shape behind her head. Viewed from the side a male will have a flat bottom surface while a female looks like she would have a hard time getting he chin on the substrate because her belly would prop her up.