| No. | All keepers listed by when they started keeping this species. The longest an individual has been kept is 28 years, 0 months. |
| 1 | arapaimag (k: 4) since 1985-06-12 to 2013-07-01, that's 28 years, 0 months |
| 2 | Starfish42 since 1995-12-21 to 2013-09-29, that's 17 years, 9 months |
| 3 | Cornuta since 2002-10-17 to 2014-03-09, that's 11 years, 4 months; who writes, "One individual in its 10th year with me and was an adult when I got it." |
| 4 | Barracuda518 (k: 12) since 2006-03-10 to 2009-07-15, that's 3 years, 4 months |
| 5 | TP since 2007-04-20 to 2010-05-05, that's 3 years, 0 months |
| 6 | bluenewt since 2007-08-05 to 2009-08-05, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 7 | irshprncsk since 2007-10-21 to 2013-02-13, that's 5 years, 3 months |
| 8 | Krib (k: 5) since 2009-04-26 to 2011-04-26, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 9 | mgamer20o0 since 2009-07-10 to 2011-07-10, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 10 | pdav (p: 2) since 2009-08-26 to 2011-08-26, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 11 | jacobhayes79 since 2009-12-25 to 2011-12-25, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 12 | Gerard Pennards (k: 5) since 2010-01-09 to 2013-11-15, that's 3 years, 10 months |
| 13 | markhinch since 2010-03-12 to 2012-03-12, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 14 | Noturus since 2010-12-05 to 2012-12-05, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 15 | barbatus_45 (p: 2, k: 2) since 2011-11-10 to 2013-12-12, that's 2 years, 1 months |
| 16 | Aqua_Bankie (k: 5) since 2012-03-31 to 2013-11-02, that's 1 years, 7 months |
| 17 | yogi88 since 2012-06-21 to 2014-06-21, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 18 | ali12345 since 2012-07-10 to 2015-08-20, that's 3 years, 1 months |
| 19 | miguel mitchel (k: 4) since 2012-10-23 to 2014-12-23, that's 2 years, 2 months |
| 20 | pinsonja (k: 4) since 2012-11-06 to 2014-11-09, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 21 | Akronsbiggest (k: 5) since 2012-11-28 to 2014-11-28, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 22 | TorillNB (k: 100) since 2015-01-19 to 2016-10-27, that's 1 years, 9 months |
| 23 | monsterfishkeeper since 2015-04-11 to 2017-04-11, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 24 | iafr11 since 2015-07-19 to 2019-06-12, that's 3 years, 10 months |
| 25 | cowturtle since 2015-09-16 to 2017-09-16, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 26 | Gulper since 2016-08-27 to 2020-07-07, that's 3 years, 10 months |
| 27 | DeUschle (k: 6) since 2016-09-21 to 2022-01-21, that's 5 years, 4 months |
| 28 | Junglejason since 2016-12-16 to 2018-12-16, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 29 | ianmarg (k: 2) since 2018-10-26 to 2022-01-19, that's 3 years, 2 months |
| 30 | catfishchaos since 2018-11-22 to 2020-03-29, that's 1 years, 4 months; who writes, "Found amongst an order of elegance Corydoras, Glad I finally found one!" |
| 31 | jmw975 since 2019-09-04 to 2021-09-04, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 32 | Viper since 2019-11-20 to 2021-02-24, that's 1 years, 3 months |
| 33 | Sfulford33 since 2020-08-01 to 2024-02-09, that's 3 years, 6 months |
| 34 | bekateen since 2022-11-28 to 2023-07-02, that's 0 years, 7 months |
| 35 | justin1644 since 2023-06-09 to 2024-04-25, that's 0 years, 10 months |
| 36 | N_F_S since 2024-04-08 to 2024-04-25, that's 0 years, 0 months |
