| No. | All keepers listed by when they started keeping this species. The longest an individual has been kept is 35 years, 7 months. |
| 1 | arapaimag (k: 2) since 1978-01-23 to 2013-09-12, that's 35 years, 7 months |
| 2 | Kenneth Wong since 2007-01-21 to 2012-03-13, that's 5 years, 1 months |
| 3 | lordotterby since 2007-03-12 to 2009-03-12, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 4 | CatBrat since 2007-03-29 to 2009-03-29, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 5 | synoguy since 2007-04-09 to 2009-04-09, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 6 | mikelouth since 2007-04-12 to 2009-04-12, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 7 | Occellatus since 2007-04-19 to 2009-04-18, that's 1 years, 11 months |
| 8 | soltarii007 since 2007-04-22 to 2011-11-16, that's 4 years, 6 months |
| 9 | TP (k: 5) since 2007-04-28 to 2007-05-07, that's 0 years, 0 months |
| 10 | Kattes (k: 4) since 2007-07-15 to 2009-07-15, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 11 | Osiris since 2007-07-31 to 2009-07-31, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 12 | Birger (k: 4) since 2007-09-08 to 2014-10-17, that's 7 years, 1 months |
| 13 | daniel60 (k: 2) since 2007-09-25 to 2017-08-27, that's 9 years, 11 months |
| 14 | ani-mal-lvr (k: 2) since 2007-10-28 to 2009-10-28, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 15 | Koltsix (k: 3) since 2008-01-20 to 2010-02-07, that's 2 years, 0 months; who writes, "Got three of these living peaceably with stingrays and some wood cats. Only one a large male defends his cave against all comers while head-butting the intruder and emitting a very audible grunt." |
| 16 | ChileRelleno since 2008-05-14 to 2009-02-07, that's 0 years, 8 months |
| 17 | Tommi (k: 2) since 2008-07-17 to 2012-04-08, that's 3 years, 8 months |
| 18 | shawntraviss since 2008-07-17 to 2012-01-04, that's 3 years, 5 months |
| 19 | smegforbrains since 2008-11-26 to 2010-11-26, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 20 | GW_NL since 2008-12-21 to 2009-10-21, that's 0 years, 10 months |
| 21 | ali12345 since 2008-12-26 to 2011-03-15, that's 2 years, 2 months |
| 22 | Schmike since 2009-01-01 to 2011-01-01, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 23 | Martin S (p: 3, k: 4) since 2009-01-04 to 2010-01-11, that's 1 years, 0 months; who writes, "Richard B's" |
| 24 | Kennye86 since 2009-02-07 to 2011-02-07, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 25 | allim since 2009-02-12 to 2013-02-17, that's 4 years, 0 months |
| 26 | The.Dark.One since 2009-03-19 to 2010-03-04, that's 0 years, 11 months |
| 27 | scotty105 (k: 2) since 2009-04-02 to 2011-04-02, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 28 | liam..essex since 2009-05-15 to 2011-05-15, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 29 | Altifrons since 2009-06-02 to 2009-06-19, that's 0 years, 0 months |
| 30 | nvcichlids (k: 13) since 2009-06-13 to 2017-01-23, that's 7 years, 7 months |
| 31 | raymgnz215 since 2009-11-06 to 2011-11-08, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 32 | Junttis (k: 4) since 2009-12-13 to 2012-11-13, that's 2 years, 11 months |
| 33 | danny.450 since 2010-01-31 to 2012-01-31, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 34 | Persephone since 2010-02-10 to 2012-02-10, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 35 | PeterUK (k: 2) since 2010-02-20 to 2012-02-20, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 36 | markhinch (p: 2) since 2010-03-12 to 2012-03-12, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 37 | miles3 since 2010-05-10 to 2012-05-10, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 38 | Djthomas since 2010-05-16 to 2012-05-16, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 39 | Bisclavret since 2010-05-22 to 2012-09-02, that's 2 years, 3 months; who writes, "I LOVE this catfish! It loves me feeding it Krill as well. I named it "Houdini" because it will be one place one minute, and somewhere else the next" |
| 40 | cory777 since 2010-06-28 to 2012-06-28, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 41 | Bijn since 2010-08-17 to 2010-11-12, that's 0 years, 2 months |
| 42 | arthos (p: 2, k: 4) since 2010-11-12 to 2014-04-11, that's 3 years, 4 months |
| 43 | MilkMan since 2010-11-17 to 2012-11-17, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 44 | MatsP since 2011-01-19 to 2011-03-03, that's 0 years, 1 months; who writes, "Dummy for testing..." |
| 45 | maynard1982 (k: 2) since 2011-07-03 to 2013-07-17, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 46 | redfan since 2011-09-09 to 2014-02-20, that's 2 years, 5 months |
| 47 | zigster (k: 2) since 2011-09-10 to 2013-09-10, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 48 | isterlingi since 2011-09-14 to 2013-09-14, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 49 | limz_777 since 2011-09-27 to 2013-09-27, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 50 | jeepn4x4 since 2011-12-03 to 2013-12-03, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 51 | Decker504 since 2011-12-12 to 2013-12-12, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 52 | wrasse (k: 3) since 2012-01-13 to 2014-02-20, that's 2 years, 1 months |
| 53 | knifegill since 2012-03-18 to 2018-03-31, that's 6 years, 0 months |
| 54 | miguel mitchel since 2012-06-19 to 2014-12-23, that's 2 years, 6 months |
| 55 | Floody since 2013-02-21 to 2015-02-21, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 56 | irshprncsk since 2013-10-14 to 2014-02-05, that's 0 years, 3 months |
| 57 | mr bulldog since 2014-05-07 to 2016-05-07, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 58 | Gandalfdgrey since 2015-02-12 to 2017-02-12, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 59 | Miss-Pepper (k: 3) since 2015-03-13 to 2024-05-09, that's 9 years, 1 months; who writes, "Added 2 small ones from TropCo on 30/07/2023 at £20 & £30 for different sizes" |
| 60 | DavidNMaddieHaveCats since 2015-12-18 to 2017-12-18, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 61 | NickFishnut since 2016-03-20 to 2018-03-20, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 62 | kiwidu21 since 2016-04-12 to 2017-06-17, that's 1 years, 2 months |
| 63 | Sabaji since 2016-04-19 to 2018-07-06, that's 2 years, 2 months |
| 64 | JasonMDann since 2017-03-21 to 2019-03-21, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 65 | cory-ap2 since 2017-04-30 to 2019-09-19, that's 2 years, 4 months |
| 66 | Marshal since 2017-06-28 to 2021-04-22, that's 3 years, 9 months |
| 67 | BullFishkeeping since 2017-09-04 to 2019-09-09, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 68 | Gulper since 2017-09-23 to 2019-09-23, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 69 | Jordanlewis100 since 2018-02-10 to 2019-10-26, that's 1 years, 8 months; who writes, "As you would expect stays in cave until feeding time, eats anything and is greedy but a great looking catfish, definitely one of my favourites" |
| 70 | Oceanica (k: 2) since 2018-05-02 to 2020-08-15, that's 2 years, 3 months |
| 71 | MarcW (k: 4) since 2018-12-07 to 2020-01-16, that's 1 years, 1 months |
| 72 | Domaku (p: 2) since 2019-02-14 to 2021-02-14, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 73 | Doradid (k: 3) since 2019-04-12 to 2021-06-10, that's 2 years, 1 months |
| 74 | mikey (k: 2) since 2019-06-22 to 2023-06-23, that's 4 years, 0 months |
| 75 | styx since 2020-01-07 to 2022-01-07, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 76 | craigc since 2020-04-21 to 2021-04-22, that's 1 years, 0 months |
| 77 | JonesE since 2020-11-17 to 2022-11-17, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 78 | Viper since 2020-12-12 to 2022-12-12, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 79 | Ruudidog1 since 2021-10-04 to 2023-10-04, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 80 | bahamafj11 (k: 4) since 2021-10-11 to 2024-05-09, that's 2 years, 6 months; who writes, "Captive bred at Jeremy's" |
| 81 | Oriafish.co since 2022-03-28 to 2024-03-28, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 82 | ZoomiesPB since 2022-06-03 to 2024-05-09, that's 1 years, 11 months |
| 83 | jakethedog24 since 2023-12-12 to 2024-05-09, that's 0 years, 4 months |
| 84 | N_F_S since 2024-04-08 to 2024-05-09, that's 0 years, 1 months |
