| No. | All keepers listed by when they started keeping this species. The longest an individual has been kept is 45 years, 5 months. |
| 1 | arapaimag (k: 41) since 1968-02-02 to 2013-07-09, that's 45 years, 5 months |
| 2 | MatsP since 1981-01-01 to 1986-01-01, that's 5 years, 0 months; who writes, "Not sure it was EXACTLY this species, as they are notoriously difficult to identify. I had two different ones, but only one at a time." |
| 3 | nslott (k: 2) since 1985-02-11 to 2014-06-08, that's 29 years, 3 months |
| 4 | Molly since 2006-07-15 to 2025-04-24, that's 18 years, 9 months |
| 5 | Trident2004 since 2007-03-03 to 2009-03-03, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 6 | Chrysichthys since 2007-03-04 to 2009-03-04, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 7 | Cooky_luvs (p: 7) since 2007-06-05 to 2009-06-05, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 8 | Nuno Mendes since 2007-09-01 to 2012-10-26, that's 5 years, 1 months |
| 9 | teddyman5 since 2008-01-29 to 2013-03-15, that's 5 years, 1 months |
| 10 | synodontisjack since 2008-04-09 to 2010-04-09, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 11 | SalmonAfrica since 2008-04-26 to 2010-04-26, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 12 | Ill (p: 2) since 2008-05-04 to 2017-03-17, that's 8 years, 10 months |
| 13 | kubastanik since 2008-05-29 to 2010-05-29, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 14 | cymrucat since 2008-07-16 to 2010-07-16, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 15 | Nick44 since 2009-01-18 to 2011-01-18, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 16 | KTLM since 2009-05-05 to 2011-05-05, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 17 | makok since 2009-07-10 to 2012-02-13, that's 2 years, 7 months |
| 18 | Leah1976 since 2009-08-16 to 2011-08-16, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 19 | ewurm since 2009-09-08 to 2011-09-08, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 20 | howdenend since 2009-10-20 to 2011-10-20, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 21 | boo909 since 2010-01-02 to 2012-01-02, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 22 | drplec since 2010-03-23 to 2012-03-23, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 23 | marangmic since 2010-05-05 to 2011-08-19, that's 1 years, 3 months |
| 24 | GER1023 since 2010-05-23 to 2012-06-13, that's 2 years, 0 months; who writes, "Fish is 6 inches not mm." |
| 25 | Jonaseddie since 2010-08-07 to 2012-09-05, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 26 | TheFishGuy since 2010-08-19 to 2015-03-22, that's 4 years, 7 months |
| 27 | tunafish since 2011-01-22 to 2013-01-22, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 28 | Sciencehero since 2011-02-26 to 2013-02-26, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 29 | acuarista36 since 2011-03-06 to 2013-03-06, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 30 | babybarnyard since 2011-06-15 to 2014-05-27, that's 2 years, 11 months; who writes, "Small Albino Slow growing but intensely active in the tank" |
| 31 | sasdrum since 2011-08-03 to 2013-11-03, that's 2 years, 3 months |
| 32 | james gilbertson since 2011-08-31 to 2014-02-22, that's 2 years, 5 months |
| 33 | milosz since 2012-01-24 to 2014-02-13, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 34 | Brisch since 2012-06-14 to 2014-06-14, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 35 | Quickening since 2012-07-18 to 2014-08-17, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 36 | kristovski since 2012-09-11 to 2014-09-11, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 37 | Ysori since 2012-11-10 to 2014-11-10, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 38 | minipol (k: 3) since 2013-03-27 to 2017-10-22, that's 4 years, 6 months |
| 39 | Mikey1973 (k: 2) since 2014-02-01 to 2016-02-14, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 40 | festaedan since 2014-02-23 to 2016-02-23, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 41 | River Birzer since 2014-02-28 to 2016-02-28, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 42 | kamas88 (k: 4) since 2014-10-15 to 2020-11-14, that's 6 years, 0 months; who writes, "3x Marshall Creek, Juvenile from 2015/10/17 1x Creek into Tibiti 2014/10/15" |
| 43 | Brett1998 since 2014-11-03 to 2016-11-03, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 44 | TownForkCreek since 2015-05-05 to 2018-06-30, that's 3 years, 1 months |
| 45 | janmoto since 2015-06-09 to 2017-06-09, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 46 | rcbows since 2015-10-20 to 2017-12-25, that's 2 years, 2 months; who writes, "Growing Fast" |
| 47 | DukeFish since 2015-11-24 to 2017-11-26, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 48 | Lunadraco (k: 2) since 2016-02-01 to 2016-07-01, that's 0 years, 5 months; who writes, "I received my larger pleco from a friend when she moved. It has since taken over my bumblebee cat's cave." |
| 49 | Dmtscravey since 2016-05-17 to 2018-05-11, that's 1 years, 11 months |
| 50 | kenjarle since 2016-07-08 to 2018-07-08, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 51 | GOCrocket since 2016-08-18 to 2018-08-18, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 52 | dusanmal (k: 3) since 2017-02-27 to 2020-04-03, that's 3 years, 1 months |
| 53 | Weirder_weird (p: 2) since 2017-05-07 to 2019-05-07, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 54 | Sloother13 since 2017-07-11 to 2019-07-11, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 55 | lemmywinks (k: 3) since 2017-09-15 to 2019-09-15, that's 2 years, 0 months; who writes, "Need help finding sex of ma fish and perhaps the exact species, this is a guess because i can't see it :P" |
| 56 | Auranolas since 2018-06-07 to 2020-11-24, that's 2 years, 5 months; who writes, "Kept in a community tank. Violent towards other pleco species. Really active and friendly, can be petted." |
| 57 | MADRacing since 2019-01-03 to 2021-01-03, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 58 | Pedraz since 2019-01-30 to 2021-01-30, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 59 | dmfd0331 since 2019-08-23 to 2021-08-23, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 60 | nestasko0310 since 2019-11-05 to 2021-11-05, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 61 | comadrreja since 2020-04-06 to 2020-10-23, that's 0 years, 6 months |
| 62 | FatCatDoorMat since 2021-05-19 to 2023-05-19, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 63 | TerrenceMorton since 2024-09-08 to 2025-04-24, that's 0 years, 7 months |
