| No. | All keepers listed by when they started keeping this species. The longest an individual has been kept is 34 years, 3 months. |
| 1 | malawicarsten (p: 2, k: 11) since 1985-01-01 to 2019-04-01, that's 34 years, 3 months; who writes, "Http://www.malawicarsten.dk/test/default.asp?iID=HIHKJK" |
| 2 | Marklar (k: 8) since 2006-02-01 to 2015-02-05, that's 9 years, 0 months; who writes, "Wild-caught imported by African Aquatics (2006) and Rift Aquatics (2008?). Former are large spot, latter are small spot. Every couple of months the large spots spend up to a week "migrating" (endlessly swimming upwards) up the back wall of the aquarium - very cool to watch actually. Small spots never do this. Small spots much shyer than large spots. Small spots much more slender than large spots. Housed in 330L lightly stocked Malawi mbuna community tank. Pool filter sand substrate, scattered rocks. Feeding as per cichlids (New Era green sinking pellets and Malawi cichlid flake) and no doubt numerous cichlid fry." |
| 3 | synodont_fan since 2007-04-20 to 2009-04-20, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 4 | Tulio since 2007-05-22 to 2014-01-04, that's 6 years, 7 months |
| 5 | fishbok since 2007-06-06 to 2009-06-06, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 6 | Oliver D. (k: 6) since 2007-09-01 to 2009-09-01, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 7 | Dave Rinaldo since 2008-05-14 to 2010-05-14, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 8 | Moomoo since 2008-11-20 to 2010-11-20, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 9 | tasoulis (k: 2) since 2009-02-01 to 2011-03-24, that's 2 years, 1 months |
| 10 | dragonphish since 2009-02-22 to 2011-02-22, that's 2 years, 0 months; who writes, "i finally got a malawian cat! " |
| 11 | Azarak since 2009-03-21 to 2011-03-23, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 12 | foley since 2009-05-26 to 2011-05-26, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 13 | Richard B (k: 2) since 2009-06-16 to 2011-09-30, that's 2 years, 3 months |
| 14 | oliv67 (k: 10) since 2009-06-30 to 2011-06-30, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 15 | Wallace since 2010-03-01 to 2012-03-02, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 16 | lasteeves since 2010-05-26 to 2014-05-26, that's 4 years, 0 months |
| 17 | jippo since 2010-11-13 to 2011-03-14, that's 0 years, 4 months |
| 18 | Hellcatt since 2011-05-11 to 2013-08-02, that's 2 years, 2 months |
| 19 | maas since 2011-10-26 to 2013-10-26, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 20 | Brisch since 2012-06-14 to 2014-06-14, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 21 | m1ke715m since 2012-09-29 to 2014-09-29, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 22 | Kongstedt (k: 2) since 2013-02-23 to 2015-02-23, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 23 | BlackSouL since 2013-09-25 to 2015-09-25, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 24 | sleepyhead since 2014-05-19 to 2016-05-19, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 25 | evojoey since 2014-12-02 to 2016-10-17, that's 1 years, 10 months |
| 26 | dusanmal (k: 2) since 2016-02-17 to 2020-04-03, that's 4 years, 1 months |
| 27 | Schall since 2016-10-12 to 2018-10-12, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 28 | protopterus since 2017-03-14 to 2019-03-14, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 29 | Tjoa since 2022-09-03 to 2024-09-03, that's 2 years, 0 months |
