| No. | All keepers listed by when they started keeping this species. The longest an individual has been kept is 25 years, 10 months. |
| 1 | arapaimag (k: 2) since 1987-08-03 to 2013-06-24, that's 25 years, 10 months |
| 2 | jscoggs27 (k: 7) since 1989-02-07 to 2006-02-07, that's 17 years, 0 months |
| 3 | merit since 2000-10-31 to 2001-06-06, that's 0 years, 7 months; who writes, "Was piebald, one of the best fish in general. Very smart, i sold him for its size!! Never forgot this fish, now i'm searching for a smaller specie of clarias." |
| 4 | Redtailrob (k: 2) since 2006-01-01 to 2014-10-28, that's 8 years, 9 months |
| 5 | doesdavid (k: 4) since 2006-06-01 to 2010-09-08, that's 4 years, 3 months |
| 6 | cymrucat (k: 3) since 2007-05-16 to 2010-07-16, that's 3 years, 2 months; who writes, " I couldn't believe these lovely things were on sale ! They had arrived at the shop due to an error in the order too ! I love their vertical floating. they have now grown and are getting a bigger tank,very relaxing to watch. And boy don't they grow!" |
| 7 | juree since 2007-09-14 to 2009-09-14, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 8 | LUISGOREY since 2008-02-28 to 2010-02-28, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 9 | miller since 2008-04-27 to 2010-04-27, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 10 | MADRacing since 2008-05-28 to 2011-07-16, that's 3 years, 1 months |
| 11 | zedogz (p: 9) since 2008-08-07 to 2010-08-07, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 12 | Reginator (k: 2) since 2008-09-02 to 2011-02-10, that's 2 years, 5 months |
| 13 | Shovelnose since 2008-09-12 to 2010-09-12, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 14 | miles44 (k: 2) since 2008-11-29 to 2014-10-22, that's 5 years, 10 months |
| 15 | straitjacketstar (k: 5) since 2008-12-01 to 2011-06-22, that's 2 years, 6 months |
| 16 | paul since 2009-05-17 to 2011-05-17, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 17 | jessey since 2009-09-03 to 2010-01-06, that's 0 years, 4 months |
| 18 | TheSmurfinator since 2009-11-21 to 2011-11-21, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 19 | Irish Goliath since 2010-02-11 to 2012-02-11, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 20 | agusmeteor (k: 7) since 2010-05-14 to 2014-07-27, that's 4 years, 2 months |
| 21 | Yellowpieslinger since 2010-12-02 to 2012-12-02, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 22 | Mezel (p: 2) since 2011-02-17 to 2013-02-17, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 23 | Jaesyr since 2011-03-06 to 2013-03-06, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 24 | james gilbertson since 2011-08-31 to 2014-03-10, that's 2 years, 6 months; who writes, "Love this greedy beast, its growing like crazy and my sons best fish" |
| 25 | diikis (p: 5, k: 5) since 2011-10-30 to 2013-10-30, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 26 | Sargy60 since 2012-01-28 to 2014-01-28, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 27 | Cristoffer Forssander since 2012-10-02 to 2015-07-09, that's 2 years, 9 months |
| 28 | r4heel since 2013-01-15 to 2015-01-15, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 29 | Harford2073 since 2013-01-25 to 2015-01-25, that's 2 years, 0 months; who writes, "It is called Desmond, but is it a boy or a girl? Looking for a bigger tank and some company for it now." |
| 30 | liamirons since 2013-05-25 to 2015-05-25, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 31 | mikemaes since 2014-03-18 to 2017-11-29, that's 3 years, 8 months; who writes, "Ate a lot of tetra's, 3 Baby Bala Sharks, 2 baby Barbs, a couple of Kuhli's, started feeding it mussels and white bate fish, he also love's cichlid sticks, granulate and mini catfish pellets. Amazingly he does'nt seem to eat my Japonica Shrimps. grew 5cm in 3 months and got more bulk, i created a cave complex and build the entire tank to his needs, great fish, does'nt trash everything because he has his own cave, despite many plants in the aquarium" |
| 32 | dethmann since 2014-08-09 to 2016-08-09, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 33 | Animusartificio since 2015-02-15 to 2017-06-01, that's 2 years, 3 months |
| 34 | NickFishnut since 2016-03-20 to 2018-03-20, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 35 | protopterus since 2017-03-24 to 2019-03-24, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 36 | datfish (k: 2) since 2017-09-14 to 2018-01-02, that's 0 years, 3 months; who writes, "Insanely aggressive feeder, out competes giant gourami, oscar, and distichodus." |
| 37 | The Pfusch (k: 2) since 2018-04-04 to 2020-04-05, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 38 | angerygrover since 2018-04-16 to 2020-04-16, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 39 | FatCatDoorMat since 2021-05-19 to 2023-05-19, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 40 | N_F_S since 2024-04-04 to 2024-04-23, that's 0 years, 0 months |
