| No. | All keepers listed by when they started keeping this species. The longest an individual has been kept is 17 years, 8 months. |
| 1 | naturalart since 1969-07-02 to 1975-03-09, that's 5 years, 8 months |
| 2 | wwajfd (p: 2, k: 14) since 1993-06-20 to 2004-07-10, that's 11 years, 0 months; who writes, "Not hard to spawn by accident, average life lifespan about 3 years from what I have seen " |
| 3 | arapaima since 2007-03-01 to 2009-03-01, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 4 | MisanthropeKitty since 2007-06-13 to 2009-06-13, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 5 | Plunt (k: 4) since 2007-06-25 to 2010-06-03, that's 2 years, 11 months |
| 6 | artemis1 since 2007-07-25 to 2009-07-25, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 7 | necrocanis since 2008-08-12 to 2010-08-12, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 8 | scartastic since 2008-10-08 to 2010-10-08, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 9 | xander since 2008-11-29 to 2010-12-07, that's 2 years, 0 months; who writes, "this picture is the bullhead I had before the one I have now. " |
| 10 | miles44 since 2008-11-30 to 2014-10-22, that's 5 years, 10 months |
| 11 | bapachu (p: 2) since 2009-01-26 to 2011-01-26, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 12 | catfishking since 2009-04-30 to 2011-04-30, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 13 | Djthomas (k: 11) since 2009-06-14 to 2012-01-23, that's 2 years, 7 months; who writes, "These little guys were caught in a lake in WI by a minow net. They were only around an inch long back in June of 2009, now they are up to 3 inchs long as of Jan 2010" |
| 14 | ewurm since 2009-09-08 to 2011-09-08, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 15 | ElTofi (k: 6) since 2010-07-01 to 2011-07-22, that's 1 years, 0 months |
| 16 | miko (p: 2, k: 16) since 2011-03-17 to 2013-03-18, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 17 | Elwood (k: 7) since 2011-07-11 to 2012-02-19, that's 0 years, 7 months |
| 18 | markm19 since 2011-08-20 to 2013-08-20, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 19 | Hoyo12 since 2012-04-22 to 2014-04-22, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 20 | Pcpolo111 since 2012-10-23 to 2014-10-23, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 21 | farmergijoe since 2014-04-12 to 2016-04-12, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 22 | greenterror66 since 2014-05-24 to 2016-05-24, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 23 | in_the_seance since 2014-09-05 to 2015-09-29, that's 1 years, 0 months |
| 24 | Fishkeeperneo since 2015-03-29 to 2017-11-07, that's 2 years, 7 months |
| 25 | TheNativeAquarist (k: 2) since 2016-02-01 to 2017-01-30, that's 0 years, 11 months |
| 26 | kiwidu21 (k: 4) since 2016-07-08 to 2021-01-13, that's 4 years, 6 months |
| 27 | Blackbullhead since 2016-10-23 to 2018-10-23, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 28 | Stalin since 2016-10-31 to 2015-09-27, that's 1 years, 1 months |
| 29 | sailfin since 2017-03-26 to 2019-03-26, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 30 | MidwestBugMan since 2020-01-28 to 2020-01-28, that's 0 years, 0 months |
| 31 | M_tisdale since 2022-02-25 to 2004-06-21, that's 17 years, 8 months |
