Try to get it on pellets.
You will need a big tank like 200G and tank mates that can stand it's aggression.
You will need a big tank like 200G and tank mates that can stand it's aggression.
Any Info Appreciated On My First ARTC
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Welcome! And, BTW, it's a lady, mates... in all likelihood 
I have never kept this one but kept and keep its brothers of the same genus - H. wyckii and H. nemurus.
To get more red in its tail, it needs crustaceans, whole, shell-on. See below for more on its diet in the wild. It is not fussy and should take any and all kinds of frozen-thawed aquatic foods an sea foods and good pellets, like the NLS mentioned; Hikari, Ken's; etc.
If you are new to big predatory catfish, you're starting out with a real hard one which is not forbidden IMO, we are not here to tell you what to do or not to do.
Have you read their profiles/data/care sheets on the net (if you did, they'd answer most of your questions)? Like these:
http://www.planetcatfish.com/common/species.php?species_id=19
(Sexing: Males possess a genital papilla just fore of the anal-fin. )
http://www.fishbase.org/summary/Hemibagrus-wyckioides.html
(Feeds on insects, prawns, fish, and crabs)
http://www.seriouslyfish.com/species/hemibagrus-wyckioides/
(Diet: This species is a predator feeding primarily on crustaceans and smaller fishes, although there should be no need to use such live foods in captivity. /// Smaller specimens will readily accept live or frozen bloodworm, Tubifex and most dried foods whereas adults can be offered earthworms, prawns/shrimp, mussels, strips of white fish flesh and larger sinking pellets. /// Juveniles require a relatively high-protein diet whereas adults should not require feeding on a daily basis with 1-2 meals per week sufficient. /// This species should never be fed the meat of mammals such as beef heart or chicken since some of the lipids and other organic compounds contained in these meats cannot be properly metabolised by fishes, causing excess fat deposition and even organ degeneration over the long term.)
http://www.scotcat.com/bagridae/hemibagrus_wyckioides.htm
http://www.fishing-worldrecords.com/scientificname/Hemibagrus wyckioides/show
(190 lbs (86 kg), 6' specimen, the same as in the FishBase)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hemibagrus_wyckioides
http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/180905/0
http://eol.org/pages/208171/details
http://ffish.asia/?p=none&o=ss&id=244
Do you have a plan for when it gets to 2'? 3'? Unlikely but not impossible 4'? Albeit, again, it is highly unlikely yours will reach over 3'.
From this: http://www.fishbase.org/photos/thumbnailssummary.php?ID=26973# -- 20+ kg, two pics of a 35 kg fish, and 86 kg:
I have never kept this one but kept and keep its brothers of the same genus - H. wyckii and H. nemurus.
To get more red in its tail, it needs crustaceans, whole, shell-on. See below for more on its diet in the wild. It is not fussy and should take any and all kinds of frozen-thawed aquatic foods an sea foods and good pellets, like the NLS mentioned; Hikari, Ken's; etc.
If you are new to big predatory catfish, you're starting out with a real hard one
which is not forbidden IMO, we are not here to tell you what to do or not to do.Have you read their profiles/data/care sheets on the net (if you did, they'd answer most of your questions)? Like these:
http://www.planetcatfish.com/common/species.php?species_id=19
(Sexing: Males possess a genital papilla just fore of the anal-fin. )
http://www.fishbase.org/summary/Hemibagrus-wyckioides.html
(Feeds on insects, prawns, fish, and crabs)
http://www.seriouslyfish.com/species/hemibagrus-wyckioides/
(Diet: This species is a predator feeding primarily on crustaceans and smaller fishes, although there should be no need to use such live foods in captivity. /// Smaller specimens will readily accept live or frozen bloodworm, Tubifex and most dried foods whereas adults can be offered earthworms, prawns/shrimp, mussels, strips of white fish flesh and larger sinking pellets. /// Juveniles require a relatively high-protein diet whereas adults should not require feeding on a daily basis with 1-2 meals per week sufficient. /// This species should never be fed the meat of mammals such as beef heart or chicken since some of the lipids and other organic compounds contained in these meats cannot be properly metabolised by fishes, causing excess fat deposition and even organ degeneration over the long term.)
http://www.scotcat.com/bagridae/hemibagrus_wyckioides.htm
http://www.fishing-worldrecords.com/scientificname/Hemibagrus wyckioides/show
(190 lbs (86 kg), 6' specimen, the same as in the FishBase)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hemibagrus_wyckioides
http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/180905/0
http://eol.org/pages/208171/details
http://ffish.asia/?p=none&o=ss&id=244
Do you have a plan for when it gets to 2'? 3'? Unlikely but not impossible 4'? Albeit, again, it is highly unlikely yours will reach over 3'.
From this: http://www.fishbase.org/photos/thumbnailssummary.php?ID=26973# -- 20+ kg, two pics of a 35 kg fish, and 86 kg:
Thank you for all the links they were very helpful & interesting & also thank you for welcoming me! Your right I'm indeed a female =) I actually don't have tplan just yet for when it reaches that kind of growth but looking very forward to learning & watching it grow & adding bigger tanks to meet it's needs. 
It's actually not shown it's aggressive side yet and is very calm so far it's taken up with my large pleco actually they cave together with no cares so hopefully I might get lucky and get to add some tank mates without any issues " crossing my fingers " we'll see I guess it still hasn't ate a feeder fish yet I'm waiting for it to do just that lol but I did purchase the NLS pellets which it seems to be good with so a Thank You goes to the person for telling me about it. As long as it's happy than I'm happy !
It's actually not shown it's aggressive side yet and is very calm so far it's taken up with my large pleco actually they cave together with no cares so hopefully I might get lucky and get to add some tank mates without any issues " crossing my fingers " we'll see I guess it still hasn't ate a feeder fish yet I'm waiting for it to do just that lol but I did purchase the NLS pellets which it seems to be good with so a Thank You goes to the person for telling me about it. As long as it's happy than I'm happy ! 