| No. | All keepers listed by when they started keeping this species. The longest an individual has been kept is 12 years, 0 months. |
| 1 | liamrobin1 (p: 3, k: 2) since 2002-11-04 to 2014-11-04, that's 12 years, 0 months; who writes, "They grow quite big 8 and a half inches approx. i have two the other is slightly smaller. they eat all sorts of food brine shrimp pellet,live food /bloodworm etc.. cucumber, courgettes, green peppers. they hide most of the day but come out at night, they also need a bit pot or vase to relax in.they dont eat small tank mates mine are kept with tetras,flagtailed procholodis,angels,loaches,and a few plecs of different species. a truly stunning fish." |
| 2 | caudalis since 2007-03-06 to 2015-12-07, that's 8 years, 9 months |
| 3 | CatBrat since 2007-03-31 to 2009-03-31, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 4 | synodont_fan since 2007-04-20 to 2009-04-20, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 5 | Freakdaddy since 2007-05-16 to 2009-05-16, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 6 | Kampfer since 2008-08-05 to 2010-08-05, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 7 | nvcichlids (k: 6) since 2008-11-11 to 2010-06-17, that's 1 years, 7 months |
| 8 | scotty105 since 2009-04-02 to 2011-04-02, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 9 | griffl since 2009-04-11 to 2015-11-10, that's 6 years, 6 months; who writes, "In tank with Syno Nigrita. Both are territorial and hang around driftwood log." |
| 10 | miguel mitchel since 2009-12-23 to 2014-12-23, that's 5 years, 0 months |
| 11 | pickles4601 since 2010-01-03 to 2012-01-03, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 12 | fuzzytigerbird since 2010-03-09 to 2012-03-09, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 13 | diane since 2010-04-04 to 2012-04-04, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 14 | roadkingray since 2010-06-23 to 2012-06-23, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 15 | GreenSynoMan since 2011-02-10 to 2011-02-18, that's 0 years, 0 months; who writes, "It turns out this fish had some issue with its gills. Also, it was probably actually not S. aterrima" |
| 16 | Landlubber since 2011-05-07 to 2013-05-07, that's 2 years, 0 months |
