| No. | All keepers listed by when they started keeping this species. The longest an individual has been kept is 12 years, 1 months. |
| 1 | Birger (k: 12) since 2004-01-01 to 2014-06-10, that's 10 years, 5 months; who writes, "Found a couple eggs placed in anubias roots, eggs were lost, a pair of these fish were the only animals in the tank setup specifically for their spawning attempts." |
| 2 | Dave Rinaldo since 2007-01-21 to 2012-01-04, that's 4 years, 11 months |
| 3 | Silurus since 2007-03-11 to 2009-03-11, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 4 | Humunuku (k: 10) since 2009-03-10 to 2011-03-16, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 5 | scotty105 since 2009-09-02 to 2011-09-02, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 6 | xakkan (k: 5) since 2010-02-21 to 2013-12-03, that's 3 years, 9 months |
| 7 | Martin S since 2010-03-13 to 2010-08-28, that's 0 years, 5 months |
| 8 | tijani since 2010-10-15 to 2012-10-21, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 9 | jippo (k: 10) since 2010-11-13 to 2013-07-10, that's 2 years, 7 months |
| 10 | panaque (k: 3) since 2011-11-01 to 2014-07-17, that's 2 years, 8 months |
| 11 | N0body Of The Goat since 2012-03-23 to 2024-05-09, that's 12 years, 1 months; who writes, "Very outgoing and diurnal water current junkies when I had a group of 10! Lost most when housed with Ilyodon juveniles. Very secretive, amazed at how much they had grown in length and girth!" |
| 12 | Jeffww since 2012-06-10 to 2014-07-14, that's 2 years, 1 months |
| 13 | miguel mitchel (k: 4) since 2013-05-01 to 2016-01-26, that's 2 years, 8 months |
| 14 | nvcichlids since 2013-07-14 to 2014-07-03, that's 0 years, 11 months |
| 15 | Gandalfdgrey since 2015-05-14 to 2017-05-14, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 16 | VickyEll7 since 2015-08-12 to 2017-10-04, that's 2 years, 1 months |
| 17 | pokemonrange since 2015-09-18 to 2017-09-18, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 18 | Long Barbels (k: 3) since 2015-10-02 to 2024-05-09, that's 8 years, 7 months |
| 19 | Jbottomfeeder since 2017-03-12 to 2019-03-12, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 20 | bekateen (p: 2, k: 30) since 2017-04-03 to 2017-06-04, that's 0 years, 2 months; who writes, "After one month, lost one fish. Appeared to have bloat." |
| 21 | Tanganyikafreak (k: 6) since 2017-08-04 to 2018-12-30, that's 1 years, 4 months |
| 22 | Kryptic since 2017-12-22 to 2024-05-09, that's 6 years, 4 months |
| 23 | Nabobmob1 since 2018-04-20 to 2020-04-20, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 24 | synolover since 2018-10-05 to 2020-10-05, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 25 | GirlsGotFisshues since 2019-03-07 to 2021-03-07, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 26 | KeXx since 2020-12-01 to 2022-12-01, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 27 | Yorick K. since 2021-01-14 to 2024-05-09, that's 3 years, 3 months |
| 28 | tupulointi (k: 3) since 2021-01-19 to 2024-05-09, that's 3 years, 3 months |
| 29 | RobG (k: 6) since 2022-06-30 to 2024-05-09, that's 1 years, 10 months |
| 30 | N_F_S since 2024-04-04 to 2024-05-09, that's 0 years, 1 months |
