| No. | All keepers listed by when they started keeping this species. The longest an individual has been kept is 42 years, 6 months. |
| 1 | arapaimag (k: 2) since 1970-12-20 to 2013-06-26, that's 42 years, 6 months |
| 2 | daniel60 since 2007-01-28 to 2009-01-28, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 3 | Tulio since 2007-02-26 to 2012-01-04, that's 4 years, 10 months |
| 4 | Yan since 2007-04-04 to 2009-04-04, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 5 | NEONCORY since 2007-04-08 to 2009-04-08, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 6 | Plecofanatic1989 since 2007-05-20 to 2009-09-01, that's 2 years, 3 months |
| 7 | Richie Hell since 2007-05-21 to 2009-05-21, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 8 | Barracuda518 (k: 4) since 2007-07-19 to 2009-07-19, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 9 | fulvioander (k: 3) since 2007-09-07 to 2009-09-07, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 10 | gismo5001 since 2008-03-06 to 2010-03-06, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 11 | alexmuchtar since 2008-03-20 to 2008-05-27, that's 0 years, 2 months; who writes, "Suddenly swam upside down & died after 1 day." |
| 12 | apisto-nut since 2008-09-09 to 2010-09-09, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 13 | gem400 since 2008-12-14 to 2012-05-10, that's 3 years, 4 months |
| 14 | Nick44 (k: 16) since 2009-08-10 to 2011-08-18, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 15 | jacobhayes79 (p: 3, k: 4) since 2009-12-25 to 2011-12-25, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 16 | financialfoodie (k: 3) since 2010-01-27 to 2013-09-10, that's 3 years, 7 months |
| 17 | Quo since 2010-06-01 to 2013-12-24, that's 3 years, 6 months |
| 18 | xander (k: 3) since 2011-01-08 to 2013-01-08, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 19 | djfattanzo (k: 9) since 2011-03-27 to 2013-12-28, that's 2 years, 9 months |
| 20 | ars (k: 5) since 2011-05-01 to 2012-09-13, that's 1 years, 4 months |
| 21 | Mark Roesner since 2011-05-29 to 2013-05-29, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 22 | Luis.Ventura since 2011-07-21 to 2012-04-07, that's 0 years, 8 months |
| 23 | MHS since 2011-11-24 to 2013-11-24, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 24 | Vess since 2012-06-13 to 2014-06-13, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 25 | tomr (k: 3) since 2012-06-28 to 2013-07-04, that's 1 years, 0 months |
| 26 | corycrazy since 2012-10-17 to 2014-10-17, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 27 | darr3ll since 2012-12-25 to 2014-12-25, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 28 | schant (k: 5) since 2013-09-22 to 2017-10-22, that's 4 years, 1 months |
| 29 | lilu since 2014-01-07 to 2016-08-15, that's 2 years, 7 months |
| 30 | LostYeti (k: 2) since 2014-03-01 to 2016-03-02, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 31 | sushi1980 since 2014-06-21 to 2016-06-21, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 32 | camtang since 2014-08-23 to 2016-08-23, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 33 | 4evercories (k: 5) since 2014-08-31 to 2016-09-01, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 34 | nytenoir since 2014-12-03 to 2017-03-03, that's 2 years, 3 months |
| 35 | jodilynn since 2015-04-29 to 2017-08-26, that's 2 years, 3 months |
| 36 | Tamcon83 (k: 5) since 2015-06-29 to 2016-10-09, that's 1 years, 3 months |
| 37 | Narwhal72 since 2016-01-14 to 2018-01-14, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 38 | kvnbyl (p: 2) since 2016-07-02 to 2018-07-02, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 39 | Per Jensen since 2016-10-02 to 2018-10-02, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 40 | minipol (k: 31) since 2017-02-13 to 2019-06-16, that's 2 years, 4 months |
| 41 | protopterus since 2017-03-14 to 2019-03-14, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 42 | AlexandroRonzon since 2018-01-13 to 2020-01-13, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 43 | Aquariophile since 2018-10-24 to 2020-10-24, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 44 | jradams3 (k: 7) since 2018-11-30 to 2021-04-30, that's 2 years, 5 months |
| 45 | Mpulungu since 2018-12-15 to 2020-12-15, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 46 | TurtleyFish (k: 8) since 2019-06-15 to 2021-11-24, that's 2 years, 5 months |
| 47 | Catfish417 since 2020-05-22 to 2022-05-22, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 48 | andy.warrender since 2020-11-23 to 2022-11-23, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 49 | Jules382 since 2022-01-04 to 2024-05-28, that's 2 years, 4 months |
| 50 | Samijmason since 2022-09-18 to 2024-05-28, that's 1 years, 8 months |
| 51 | evilxyardxgnome since 2023-03-25 to 2024-05-28, that's 1 years, 2 months |
| 52 | Trunks since 2023-04-21 to 2024-05-28, that's 1 years, 1 months |
