| No. | All keepers listed by when they started keeping this species. The longest an individual has been kept is 19 years, 8 months. |
| 1 | arapaimag (k: 10) since 1994-01-05 to 2013-09-13, that's 19 years, 8 months |
| 2 | robb harriston since 2004-05-19 to 2012-10-30, that's 8 years, 5 months |
| 3 | arapaima since 2007-03-01 to 2009-03-01, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 4 | Lornek8 since 2007-03-08 to 2009-03-08, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 5 | husky_jim since 2007-04-17 to 2009-11-29, that's 2 years, 7 months |
| 6 | kntrygrl4lyfe (p: 2) since 2007-05-26 to 2009-08-24, that's 2 years, 2 months |
| 7 | roy.bryan since 2007-06-22 to 2009-06-22, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 8 | bukster since 2007-06-23 to 2009-06-23, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 9 | Rob Heydon since 2007-10-13 to 2009-10-13, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 10 | RedTail Cat (p: 2) since 2007-11-19 to 2009-11-19, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 11 | Simonh1 since 2007-11-24 to 2010-10-26, that's 2 years, 11 months |
| 12 | steelhead99 since 2008-01-15 to 2010-01-22, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 13 | Jeox since 2008-02-04 to 2010-02-04, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 14 | SuperLaz since 2008-04-18 to 2010-04-18, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 15 | Matt123 since 2008-04-30 to 2010-04-30, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 16 | necrocanis since 2008-08-12 to 2010-08-12, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 17 | blurock since 2008-08-22 to 2009-03-01, that's 0 years, 6 months; who writes, "Name: Cooter" |
| 18 | vyperboy since 2008-08-22 to 2010-08-22, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 19 | doesdavid since 2008-10-26 to 2010-10-26, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 20 | pmbooper since 2008-11-23 to 2011-01-25, that's 2 years, 2 months; who writes, "10 inch red tail in 1000 gal." |
| 21 | smegforbrains since 2008-11-26 to 2010-11-26, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 22 | RedTailMike since 2009-01-11 to 2011-01-11, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 23 | Arherp since 2009-01-26 to 2011-01-26, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 24 | Redtailrob since 2009-02-01 to 2022-10-09, that's 13 years, 8 months |
| 25 | tezr since 2009-04-20 to 2011-04-20, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 26 | dean30bb since 2009-08-14 to 2011-08-14, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 27 | jprp since 2009-09-08 to 2015-05-29, that's 5 years, 8 months |
| 28 | ndcp18 since 2009-09-15 to 2011-09-15, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 29 | EVK5 since 2009-11-10 to 2011-11-10, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 30 | 0210Miyo since 2009-12-25 to 2011-12-25, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 31 | Djthomas since 2010-01-23 to 2014-09-16, that's 4 years, 7 months |
| 32 | steve_ansell1 since 2010-04-11 to 2012-04-11, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 33 | miles3 (p: 2) since 2010-05-10 to 2012-05-10, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 34 | Bimmerboy12 since 2010-07-02 to 2012-07-02, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 35 | Mqktandy since 2010-07-03 to 2012-07-03, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 36 | TheFishGuy (p: 2) since 2010-09-06 to 2013-03-22, that's 2 years, 6 months |
| 37 | highoctane500 since 2010-11-04 to 2012-11-04, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 38 | clarenas since 2011-02-08 to 2013-02-08, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 39 | gdc7688 since 2011-05-08 to 2013-05-08, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 40 | Benjamin Goh since 2011-05-14 to 2013-05-14, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 41 | kennethqc (p: 2) since 2011-09-21 to 2013-09-21, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 42 | Seagirt since 2011-09-25 to 2013-12-03, that's 2 years, 2 months; who writes, "Lives up to it's reputation as a big eater. Seems to get along well with everyone else in the pond and generally sits at the bottom after it's eaten." |
| 43 | ROV1 since 2012-02-27 to 2014-05-01, that's 2 years, 2 months; who writes, "Eats everything taking by hand now" |
| 44 | agusmeteor (k: 2) since 2012-03-29 to 2014-07-27, that's 2 years, 3 months |
| 45 | freshfishing since 2012-05-09 to 2014-05-09, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 46 | slimrs since 2012-05-28 to 2014-05-28, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 47 | ruip since 2012-07-02 to 2014-07-02, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 48 | SuzukaS2k (p: 2) since 2012-07-24 to 2014-07-24, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 49 | mosin nagant147 since 2012-08-29 to 2014-08-29, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 50 | Pcpolo111 since 2012-10-23 to 2014-10-23, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 51 | Divinehammer (k: 2) since 2013-07-22 to 2016-10-26, that's 3 years, 3 months; who writes, "Temp housing in my 240, will be going into a 2000 indoor pond with the next few months once pond is fully cycled and fully running." |
| 52 | Voxxy since 2013-07-27 to 2023-02-27, that's 9 years, 7 months; who writes, "Rtc♡" |
| 53 | BMLDN since 2013-12-09 to 2015-12-09, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 54 | festaedan since 2014-01-15 to 2016-02-10, that's 2 years, 0 months; who writes, "Very hungry catfish." |
| 55 | Igor Hotasi Simamora since 2014-02-05 to 2016-02-05, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 56 | farmergijoe since 2014-04-12 to 2016-04-12, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 57 | mr bulldog since 2014-05-07 to 2016-05-07, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 58 | sammy09 since 2014-05-18 to 2016-05-18, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 59 | chewy922 since 2014-06-23 to 2016-06-23, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 60 | Chicxulub since 2014-10-01 to 2014-10-01, that's 0 years, 0 months |
| 61 | TheBobbyVee since 2014-12-22 to 2018-09-04, that's 3 years, 8 months |
| 62 | DRay since 2015-03-13 to 2017-03-13, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 63 | monsterfishkeeper since 2015-04-11 to 2017-04-11, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 64 | urcysk since 2015-10-15 to 2017-10-15, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 65 | Brachyplatystoma since 2015-11-09 to 2017-11-09, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 66 | CoryCatfish1212 since 2016-01-18 to 2018-01-18, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 67 | Cecibella since 2016-11-01 to 2018-11-08, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 68 | faxling since 2017-01-22 to 2021-08-11, that's 4 years, 6 months |
| 69 | d3n2 (p: 2, k: 2) since 2017-02-05 to 2020-01-28, that's 2 years, 11 months |
| 70 | Hrothgar Sørensen since 2017-04-19 to 2019-04-19, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 71 | nigmax since 2018-02-23 to 2020-02-23, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 72 | Fishmandavew (p: 2) since 2018-03-19 to 2020-03-19, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 73 | angerygrover since 2018-04-16 to 2020-04-16, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 74 | Wallagonia since 2018-11-08 to 2020-11-08, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 75 | Rpul since 2019-02-03 to 2021-02-03, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 76 | BlueCollarBrawler since 2020-10-30 to 2024-01-02, that's 3 years, 2 months |
| 77 | qui2424 since 2021-03-09 to 2023-03-09, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 78 | Momma185 (p: 2) since 2021-07-09 to 2023-07-09, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 79 | N_F_S since 2024-04-04 to 2024-10-16, that's 0 years, 6 months |
