| No. | All keepers listed by when they started keeping this species. The longest an individual has been kept is 39 years, 5 months. |
| 1 | arapaimag (k: 3) since 1974-01-03 to 2013-07-01, that's 39 years, 5 months |
| 2 | naturalart (k: 3) since 2004-10-11 to 2007-10-05, that's 2 years, 11 months; who writes, "This is an excellent fish. Mine ate just about anything. I wouldn't get them too excited thought. They can be lighting quick!" |
| 3 | Walter since 2006-02-01 to 2007-02-01, that's 1 years, 0 months |
| 4 | hoplo (k: 10) since 2007-01-01 to 2010-08-04, that's 3 years, 7 months |
| 5 | daniel60 (k: 3) since 2007-01-28 to 2015-11-19, that's 8 years, 9 months |
| 6 | lordotterby since 2007-03-12 to 2009-03-12, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 7 | Barracuda518 (k: 10) since 2007-04-15 to 2009-07-15, that's 2 years, 3 months |
| 8 | icekiki since 2007-08-19 to 2009-05-22, that's 1 years, 9 months |
| 9 | reneb (k: 2) since 2007-09-03 to 2010-01-17, that's 2 years, 4 months |
| 10 | Daragh (k: 5) since 2008-02-10 to 2010-02-10, that's 2 years, 0 months; who writes, "Feb 08 from I Fuller at Coxwell Aquatics in Telford." |
| 11 | Suckermouth (k: 2) since 2008-04-05 to 2011-06-12, that's 3 years, 2 months |
| 12 | Bartman since 2008-07-17 to 2017-12-25, that's 9 years, 5 months |
| 13 | PhiltheNelson since 2008-08-13 to 2010-08-13, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 14 | jollysue (k: 6) since 2008-10-23 to 2010-10-23, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 15 | tcmfish (k: 3) since 2008-12-20 to 2011-06-02, that's 2 years, 5 months |
| 16 | panaque (k: 3) since 2009-03-15 to 2014-07-17, that's 5 years, 4 months |
| 17 | MatsP (k: 6) since 2009-03-22 to 2010-09-30, that's 1 years, 6 months; who writes, "Got a group of 5 from Aqualife. Because one looked a bit "weird", they found a single specimen from another tank and added as "spare". " |
| 18 | djinn75 since 2009-03-25 to 2011-03-25, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 19 | SoCalDiscus since 2009-03-28 to 2011-03-28, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 20 | Kampfer since 2009-07-09 to 2013-06-16, that's 3 years, 11 months |
| 21 | mgamer20o0 since 2009-07-10 to 2011-07-10, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 22 | Cory_lover (k: 3) since 2009-08-07 to 2012-04-25, that's 2 years, 8 months |
| 23 | Madding since 2010-01-26 to 2012-01-26, that's 2 years, 0 months; who writes, "Enjoys sitting perched high in the tank for long periods of time. Gets along with my Hoplo cat, but is more shy overall." |
| 24 | markhinch since 2010-03-12 to 2012-03-12, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 25 | GreenSynoMan (p: 2, k: 4) since 2010-05-11 to 2018-06-02, that's 8 years, 0 months |
| 26 | syno321 since 2010-07-15 to 2012-07-15, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 27 | Donald (k: 9) since 2010-12-01 to 2013-01-27, that's 2 years, 1 months |
| 28 | Harry94 (k: 2) since 2011-06-11 to 2013-06-15, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 29 | snowball (p: 2, k: 9) since 2011-08-10 to 2016-04-26, that's 4 years, 8 months |
| 30 | Dee (k: 2) since 2011-12-15 to 2013-04-01, that's 1 years, 3 months |
| 31 | redwood (k: 8) since 2012-01-04 to 2018-01-02, that's 5 years, 11 months |
| 32 | Bas Pels (p: 2, k: 2) since 2012-01-12 to 2016-03-13, that's 4 years, 2 months |
| 33 | Akronsbiggest (k: 4) since 2012-11-28 to 2014-11-28, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 34 | Jass since 2013-01-11 to 2015-01-11, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 35 | wardtimothy since 2013-04-16 to 2015-04-16, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 36 | miguel mitchel since 2014-01-26 to 2016-07-08, that's 2 years, 5 months |
| 37 | Csababá (p: 2) since 2014-09-14 to 2016-09-14, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 38 | kvnbyl (k: 3) since 2015-03-12 to 2017-03-15, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 39 | benma (k: 3) since 2015-05-15 to 2017-05-25, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 40 | cowturtle since 2015-09-16 to 2017-09-16, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 41 | flipperfeet (p: 2, k: 4) since 2016-03-25 to 2020-03-28, that's 4 years, 0 months |
| 42 | WadeNCreeks since 2017-10-10 to 2018-10-14, that's 1 years, 0 months |
| 43 | Peixes (k: 2) since 2017-12-12 to 2019-12-12, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 44 | dmcat since 2018-01-05 to 2018-09-27, that's 0 years, 8 months |
| 45 | BMS (k: 5) since 2018-03-23 to 2020-04-10, that's 2 years, 0 months; who writes, "I'm finding these catfish to be very peaceful. Mine are fairly active, which is likely because I have five of them in the same tank. Other keepers report that activity increases when multiple specimens are housed in the same tank. So far I definitely agree!" |
| 46 | ianmarg (k: 2) since 2019-01-15 to 2022-02-20, that's 3 years, 1 months |
| 47 | Doradid (p: 2, k: 9) since 2019-04-19 to 2021-07-31, that's 2 years, 3 months |
| 48 | tupulointi (k: 2) since 2019-10-31 to 2024-11-24, that's 5 years, 0 months |
| 49 | fishguy1978 (k: 5) since 2020-01-01 to 2024-06-16, that's 4 years, 5 months; who writes, "220g 6ft x 2ft x 30in Commercial grit sand Corkscrew hazelnut Rock sp. 2x Aquaclear 110 2x 300W Aqueon set to 80F 13 Silver Dollar Sp. 1 A. Hoga 5 Emerald cory" |
| 50 | mcaquatic since 2020-01-11 to 2023-03-20, that's 3 years, 2 months |
| 51 | ineededanotherhobby since 2020-07-16 to 2022-07-20, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 52 | Sfulford33 (k: 7) since 2020-08-01 to 2024-02-09, that's 3 years, 6 months |
| 53 | Hamburger (k: 3) since 2020-09-24 to 2022-09-24, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 54 | Fallen_Leaves16 (k: 2) since 2021-02-23 to 2024-07-17, that's 3 years, 4 months; who writes, "Nice fish. Peaceful. Balances on stuff; hovers, too. Very hardy. Somewhat social. *Lost due to malfunctioning heater & broken filter while I was away." |
| 55 | Domaku since 2021-03-05 to 2023-03-05, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 56 | N_F_S since 2024-04-18 to 2024-11-24, that's 0 years, 7 months |
