| No. | All keepers listed by when they started keeping this species. The longest an individual has been kept is 14 years, 2 months. |
| 1 | Birger (k: 4) since 2000-08-25 to 2014-11-10, that's 14 years, 2 months |
| 2 | Richard B (k: 4) since 2007-08-31 to 2011-01-13, that's 3 years, 4 months |
| 3 | fischkringli since 2009-01-27 to 2009-04-01, that's 0 years, 2 months |
| 4 | scotty105 (k: 2) since 2009-04-02 to 2011-04-02, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 5 | ElTofi (k: 5) since 2009-06-15 to 2010-11-21, that's 1 years, 5 months; who writes, "in a new 720 Tanganyika tank..." |
| 6 | syno321 since 2010-07-15 to 2014-02-19, that's 3 years, 7 months |
| 7 | Oliver D. since 2011-02-13 to 2013-02-13, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 8 | craigc since 2013-04-18 to 2016-03-03, that's 2 years, 10 months |
| 9 | mikemaes (k: 2) since 2014-02-18 to 2017-11-29, that's 3 years, 9 months; who writes, "Very shy fish" |
| 10 | tep (k: 5) since 2014-12-01 to 2015-08-04, that's 0 years, 8 months; who writes, "Spunky and freely patrol at all water levels" |
| 11 | vman since 2014-12-14 to 2016-12-14, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 12 | KSquared (k: 2) since 2016-03-19 to 2018-03-25, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 13 | caudalis (p: 4) since 2016-05-11 to 2018-05-11, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 14 | edds (k: 5) since 2019-01-01 to 2025-04-30, that's 6 years, 3 months; who writes, "Original trio now with two babies Live with 4 other Tangayikan Synos of different species." |
| 15 | Philtopia (k: 2) since 2019-12-26 to 2021-12-26, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 16 | Mrsomethingfishy since 2020-02-05 to 2022-02-05, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 17 | ajw9356 since 2021-01-13 to 2023-03-29, that's 2 years, 2 months |
| 18 | Flyinglab since 2024-05-02 to 2025-04-30, that's 0 years, 11 months |
