| No. | All keepers listed by when they started keeping this species. The longest an individual has been kept is 17 years, 11 months. |
| 1 | arapaimag since 1995-07-20 to 2013-06-22, that's 17 years, 11 months |
| 2 | arapaima since 2007-03-01 to 2009-03-01, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 3 | Occellatus since 2007-08-18 to 2009-08-18, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 4 | Simonh1 since 2007-11-24 to 2010-10-26, that's 2 years, 11 months |
| 5 | janev since 2008-01-03 to 2010-01-03, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 6 | Jeox (p: 2) since 2008-02-04 to 2010-02-04, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 7 | Junttis (k: 3) since 2008-03-23 to 2009-12-13, that's 1 years, 8 months |
| 8 | joe.juice13 since 2008-04-01 to 2010-07-10, that's 2 years, 3 months |
| 9 | zedogz (p: 7) since 2008-08-28 to 2010-08-28, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 10 | flowaz since 2008-09-24 to 2010-09-24, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 11 | miles44 since 2008-11-10 to 2014-10-22, that's 5 years, 11 months |
| 12 | fleahound since 2009-02-24 to 2011-02-24, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 13 | tezr since 2009-03-10 to 2011-05-07, that's 2 years, 1 months |
| 14 | SoCalDiscus since 2009-03-29 to 2011-03-29, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 15 | bigcatsrus since 2009-04-16 to 2011-06-13, that's 2 years, 1 months |
| 16 | hampala since 2009-05-29 to 2011-05-29, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 17 | jprp since 2009-09-08 to 2015-05-29, that's 5 years, 8 months |
| 18 | danny.450 since 2010-01-31 to 2012-01-31, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 19 | Viktor Jarikov since 2010-02-21 to 2011-04-01, that's 1 years, 1 months; who writes, "came in extremely thin, looks like an apple on a stick but started feeding on bloodworms" |
| 20 | musilvr4eva since 2010-07-31 to 2012-07-31, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 21 | markhinch since 2010-08-17 to 2012-08-17, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 22 | tiffanyjayne since 2010-11-27 to 2013-03-25, that's 2 years, 3 months |
| 23 | capester since 2011-09-09 to 2013-09-09, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 24 | jeepn4x4 since 2011-12-03 to 2013-12-03, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 25 | 2poc (p: 2) since 2012-01-15 to 2014-07-10, that's 2 years, 5 months |
| 26 | Pcpolo111 since 2012-10-23 to 2014-10-23, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 27 | faxling (p: 2, k: 2) since 2015-12-16 to 2016-04-01, that's 0 years, 3 months; who writes, "Mellmans efterträdare" |
| 28 | dopey66 since 2017-10-24 to 2019-10-24, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 29 | WadeNCreeks since 2018-02-09 to 2022-03-28, that's 4 years, 1 months |
| 30 | Fishmandavew (p: 2, k: 2) since 2018-03-20 to 2020-03-20, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 31 | angerygrover (k: 3) since 2018-04-16 to 2020-05-02, that's 2 years, 0 months; who writes, "Kept in community tank with Hydrocynus, Hepsetus, Polypterus, Papyrocranus and Heterotis" |
| 32 | Long Barbels since 2018-11-23 to 2019-02-20, that's 0 years, 2 months |
| 33 | d3n2 (k: 2) since 2020-02-16 to 2022-08-12, that's 2 years, 5 months |
| 34 | qui2424 since 2020-10-19 to 2022-10-19, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 35 | Alduin123 since 2021-12-04 to 2023-12-04, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 36 | yellowcat since 2022-07-05 to 2025-04-24, that's 2 years, 9 months; who writes, "Originally 10" Long (TL) Appears to be a Volta River strain. Slow growing, now 15"TL" |
| 37 | BarackYomama since 2023-04-27 to 2025-04-24, that's 1 years, 11 months |
