Black Occ. Female x Orange Occ. Male . . . Fry worth trying to raise?

[Enigma]

I have a black occ. female and an orange occ. male pair. They are engaging in a fare amount of "pre-spawning" behaviour. The sandstorms they're creating in my display tank are enough to make me want to flush them, but I won't.

Having done a fare amount of reading, it appears that "mocha" fry are understood to be the result of this pairing. Some people quite like the mocha occ., others don't. To complicate things a little more . . . I think my orange occ. male could actually be a mocha: given his darker orange colour and extensive black markings.

I haven't placed a tile or pot in the system for them (yet). I do have tubs and two 30 gallon tanks (with tops, lights, heaters, etc.) the fry could be raised in. I have the supplies required for culturing plankton, rotifers, and brine shrimp (minus the plankton and rotifer starting cultures).

Are the potential offspring from this paring worth the effort of trying to raise the fry? In the event I was eventually successful, I wouldn't want to be stuck with a bunch of oddball fish that I couldn't rehome.