| No. | All keepers listed by when they started keeping this species |
| 1 | arapaimag (k: 2) since 1985-01-07 |
| 2 | wwajfd since 2005-08-16; who writes, "Will outgrow any Aquarium. Grew 6 inches a year. From 4 inches to 22 inches in 3 years." |
| 3 | Lornek8 since 2007-03-08 |
| 4 | kntrygrl4lyfe (k: 2) since 2007-03-16 |
| 5 | Plecofanatic1989 since 2007-04-02 |
| 6 | VirgoWolf since 2007-05-02 |
| 7 | ElectricYellowPlecostomus since 2007-06-02 |
| 8 | Margie since 2007-07-01; who writes, "Lives in koi pond. Overwinters at 39 deg F." |
| 9 | joepleco since 2007-12-08; who writes, "I catch these every year (spring) in a drainage outlet of a park lake near my house. Its cool to see them swarm in a big ball by the hundreds, even cooler to scoop up 10 or more by fish net and take a couple of the 1 inchers home and raise a few of t" |
| 10 | Plunt (k: 2) since 2007-12-15 |
| 11 | steelhead99 since 2008-01-10 |
| 12 | maynardwix since 2008-01-20 |
| 13 | San since 2008-04-14 |
| 14 | geekshow since 2008-08-02 |
| 15 | necrocanis since 2008-08-12 |
| 16 | blurock (k: 3) since 2008-09-04; who writes, "One blue and Two Albino Names- Blue Channel: Baker Albino Channels: Glacier and Rainier " |
| 17 | doesdavid since 2008-10-10 |
| 18 | Bake since 2008-10-19 |
| 19 | pmbooper (k: 3) since 2008-11-23; who writes, "2-4 inch channel cats in 200 gal.-1-12 inch channel cat in 1000 gal. " |
| 20 | bapachu since 2009-01-26 |
| 21 | darkhighlord since 2009-02-15 |
| 22 | Hoyo12 since 2009-07-24 |
| 23 | Leah1976 since 2009-08-16 |
| 24 | ewurm since 2009-09-08 |
| 25 | pickles4601 since 2010-01-03 |
| 26 | Viktor Jarikov since 2010-02-04; who writes, "Biggest one in the tank, about a foot, housed in his own section behind a divider" |
| 27 | Bimmerboy12 since 2010-07-02 |
| 28 | sequoiacat since 2010-08-15; who writes, "I have the albino variation." |
| 29 | Bisclavret since 2010-10-15 |
| 30 | shivamotiram since 2010-11-23 |
| 31 | Missytown6 since 2011-07-31 |
| 32 | Seagirt since 2011-09-15; who writes, "Thinks she's a koi and swims and eats with them." |
| 33 | Duster1971 since 2011-11-13 |
| 34 | catfish-pigeon since 2012-01-25; who writes, "Albino type. Active at all hours" |
| 35 | luv4bigcats (k: 2) since 2012-04-12 |
| 36 | fatboy8 since 2012-07-22 |
| 37 | TankTheHoplo since 2012-08-02; who writes, "Named Pepsi,lazy fellow, made a nest in the front of the tank and rarely leaves, but constantly looks around. He's weird." |
| 38 | mosin nagant147 since 2012-08-29 |
| 39 | Walkie-TalkieCatfish (p: 2, k: 2) since 2012-10-25 |
| 40 | in_the_seance since 2013-01-18 |
| 41 | Omegacore since 2013-10-18 |
| 42 | xShovelnose since 2013-11-26; who writes, "Got a juvi channel with my grandfather. accepts flakes and bloodworms." |
| 43 | slayer5590 since 2013-12-31 |
| 44 | River Birzer since 2014-02-28 |
| 45 | farmergijoe since 2014-04-12 |
| 46 | Chicxulub since 2014-10-01 |
| 47 | JonathanReid since 2015-03-16 |
| 48 | Valk176 (k: 2) since 2017-01-03 |
| 49 | Wv turtle man since 2017-01-30 |
| 50 | N.A.keeper21 since 2017-09-11 |
| 51 | rs12178 since 2018-03-06 |
| 52 | Charles Y (k: 2) since 2018-03-17 |
| 53 | MidwestBugMan since 2020-01-28 |
| 54 | FoxKing since 2020-06-06 |
