| No. | All keepers listed by when they started keeping this species. The longest an individual has been kept is 19 years, 2 months. |
| 1 | arapaimag (k: 3) since 1994-06-23 to 2013-09-04, that's 19 years, 2 months |
| 2 | arapaima since 2007-03-01 to 2009-03-01, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 3 | Lornek8 since 2007-03-08 to 2009-03-08, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 4 | Silurus since 2007-03-11 to 2009-03-11, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 5 | JAYcarreon since 2007-03-23 to 2009-03-23, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 6 | Attu since 2007-04-27 to 2009-04-27, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 7 | Plunt since 2008-02-15 to 2008-03-21, that's 0 years, 1 months |
| 8 | amazonfishman since 2008-02-28 to 2010-02-28, that's 2 years, 0 months; who writes, "This specie was kept successfully with 3 synodontis multipunctatus and 2 flavitaeniatus for 6+ months. I believe the synodontis are immune to the e-cats discharge. " |
| 9 | Mike C since 2009-04-11 to 2009-06-01, that's 0 years, 1 months |
| 10 | Viktor Jarikov since 2010-01-10 to 2011-06-25, that's 1 years, 5 months; who writes, "Named Plumpy. Fun to watch, though comes out only during feeding. Eats all. Elusive. Gentle." |
| 11 | Djthomas since 2010-01-23 to 2014-09-16, that's 4 years, 7 months |
| 12 | djechoskittykat since 2010-10-31 to 2012-10-31, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 13 | Yellowpieslinger since 2010-12-02 to 2012-12-02, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 14 | cbudz since 2011-05-11 to 2013-05-11, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 15 | lethalcustoms00 (p: 2) since 2013-01-09 to 2015-01-09, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 16 | pinsonja (p: 2, k: 4) since 2013-03-01 to 2013-10-04, that's 0 years, 7 months |
| 17 | Shipmonkey since 2014-04-07 to 2017-08-20, that's 3 years, 4 months; who writes, "A model community tank dweller in a 240 gallon West African community tank. It was introduced to the tank as a small 3" specimen and now, as of 8/20/15, is currently over 14" in length." |
| 18 | chewy922 since 2014-06-23 to 2016-06-23, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 19 | dmcat since 2014-08-08 to 2020-12-17, that's 6 years, 4 months |
| 20 | faxling since 2014-11-05 to 2024-11-23, that's 10 years, 0 months; who writes, "Loves Hikari® Algae Wafers™" |
| 21 | Toolsforfish since 2015-03-28 to 2017-03-28, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 22 | cowturtle since 2015-09-16 to 2017-09-16, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 23 | Lycosid (k: 2) since 2016-08-15 to 2024-05-02, that's 7 years, 8 months |
| 24 | Billyc since 2016-12-27 to 2018-12-27, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 25 | Valk176 since 2017-01-26 to 2019-01-27, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 26 | Electrocat since 2017-04-28 to 2019-04-28, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 27 | porinocoense since 2017-10-08 to 2021-07-13, that's 3 years, 9 months; who writes, "Has the most personality of almost all the fish I've ever had. Great choice for a strange but cool catfish." |
| 28 | angerygrover since 2018-04-16 to 2020-04-16, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 29 | jamesffa since 2018-08-23 to 2020-08-23, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 30 | N_F_S since 2024-04-04 to 2024-11-23, that's 0 years, 7 months |
