A couple of weeks in and the cardinal shrimp is doing great.
If he keeps doing well, I may sell off most of my Malawas to the LFS and keep the blues to a minimum, keeping only the bluest of blues for a small colony and plunge into the cardinal shrimps. They're expensive to start-up, but I could make some money if they do well for me, plus the dude is stunning. He looks like a saltwater species.
I love the cardinals! It was a toss up between cardinals and crs for our tank. The missus prefered the colour of the crs so thats what we got. Good luck with him!