| No. | All keepers listed by when they started keeping this species. The longest an individual has been kept is 17 years, 2 months. |
| 1 | francistrus (k: 153) since 2006-01-19 to 2023-04-18, that's 17 years, 2 months |
| 2 | sunfish (k: 3) since 2006-09-13 to 2007-11-10, that's 1 years, 1 months |
| 3 | L127 (k: 7) since 2006-09-16 to 2011-03-01, that's 4 years, 5 months |
| 4 | Yann (k: 23) since 2006-10-01 to 2009-02-20, that's 2 years, 4 months |
| 5 | snowball (k: 4) since 2007-02-01 to 2011-08-10, that's 4 years, 6 months |
| 6 | Bristle nose since 2007-02-21 to 2009-07-27, that's 2 years, 5 months |
| 7 | Snowy (k: 5) since 2007-10-18 to 2009-10-18, that's 2 years, 0 months; who writes, "Sold in Australia as the Orange Spot bristle nose " |
| 8 | Daragh (k: 2) since 2007-12-28 to 2011-06-01, that's 3 years, 5 months; who writes, "Sold as Ancistrus cf. leucostictus" |
| 9 | pLaurent1251 since 2008-01-17 to 2010-01-17, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 10 | KittyKat since 2008-02-03 to 2010-01-01, that's 1 years, 10 months |
| 11 | thebirdofprey (k: 13) since 2008-02-08 to 2010-06-08, that's 2 years, 4 months |
| 12 | Loracidlover (k: 53) since 2008-06-12 to 2010-12-26, that's 2 years, 6 months |
| 13 | Firestorming since 2008-06-16 to 2014-01-05, that's 5 years, 6 months; who writes, "Sold in Australia as Orange spot bristlenose. Breeds fairly freely, but seems to do best with plenty of wood. The fry grow insanely fast to the 40mm, then slow a little until 50-55mm then have another spurt through to near adult size." |
| 14 | glyde (k: 9) since 2008-08-08 to 2010-08-11, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 15 | NorthHawk since 2008-10-06 to 2011-02-19, that's 2 years, 4 months |
| 16 | Xplode (k: 5) since 2008-10-08 to 2011-06-19, that's 2 years, 8 months |
| 17 | Birger Amundsen since 2008-11-03 to 2012-11-25, that's 4 years, 0 months |
| 18 | Breezer since 2009-01-16 to 2011-01-16, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 19 | Greg Curtis since 2009-07-07 to 2011-07-07, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 20 | AleGer (k: 3) since 2009-09-09 to 2011-06-10, that's 1 years, 9 months |
| 21 | leej24 (k: 3) since 2009-12-06 to 2012-03-19, that's 2 years, 3 months |
| 22 | djclueze (p: 2) since 2010-05-18 to 2012-05-18, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 23 | AlphaWolf1995 (k: 8) since 2010-05-26 to 2016-01-12, that's 5 years, 7 months |
| 24 | Rabbit (k: 2) since 2010-11-18 to 2011-10-31, that's 0 years, 11 months; who writes, "Believed to be rio ucayali " |
| 25 | djtonyel (k: 2) since 2011-01-23 to 2013-03-09, that's 2 years, 1 months |
| 26 | milosz (k: 14) since 2012-02-10 to 2014-07-18, that's 2 years, 5 months |
| 27 | JamieDurrant (k: 2) since 2012-06-15 to 2015-01-09, that's 2 years, 6 months |
| 28 | PNTaquatics (k: 8) since 2012-11-18 to 2014-11-27, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 29 | Are06n (k: 3) since 2013-01-15 to 2013-09-22, that's 0 years, 8 months |
| 30 | camtang since 2014-04-12 to 2016-04-12, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 31 | Alexyay since 2014-09-02 to 2016-09-02, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 32 | safrane since 2015-03-06 to 2017-03-06, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 33 | TheDoctor since 2015-07-30 to 2023-07-11, that's 7 years, 11 months; who writes, "Had 2 but one died in 2015 Update 18/04/2023 The remaining one has gone almost jet black and only shows his spots occasionally rarely seen unless he chooses a hidey hole which is visible" |
| 34 | fishyNZ (k: 4) since 2016-02-17 to 2018-07-16, that's 2 years, 4 months |
| 35 | Lars since 2016-07-02 to 2018-07-02, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 36 | Hayden (k: 3) since 2016-09-11 to 2018-10-15, that's 2 years, 1 months |
| 37 | flatfish (k: 3) since 2016-10-13 to 2025-03-13, that's 8 years, 5 months |
| 38 | bekateen (p: 2, k: 26) since 2016-11-26 to 2017-06-06, that's 0 years, 6 months; who writes, "Bought as common BNs. Make a lot of wood poop. Seem to enjoy wood as food as much as sweet potato, Brussels sprouts, algae wafers, and even steamed scallops.", "Unusual color patterns on fins. Look like 7-point plecos! :-)" |
| 39 | Fiskebingen since 2017-05-25 to 2019-05-25, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 40 | Floy (k: 3) since 2018-01-14 to 2018-11-08, that's 0 years, 9 months |
| 41 | mekkalicious since 2018-01-22 to 2020-01-22, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 42 | AlyssaBentley since 2019-10-14 to 2021-10-14, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 43 | Mjideis since 2020-01-07 to 2022-01-07, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 44 | Catfish417 since 2020-05-22 to 2022-05-22, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 45 | Sammysparrow since 2020-08-10 to 2022-08-10, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 46 | Finch Norbit (k: 12) since 2021-01-31 to 2023-07-29, that's 2 years, 5 months |
| 47 | pointpleco (k: 8) since 2022-03-03 to 2025-03-13, that's 3 years, 0 months; who writes, "Just a Bristlenose." |
| 48 | Tinito since 2022-07-30 to 2024-07-30, that's 2 years, 0 months |
| 49 | Gleancrawler since 2023-03-25 to 2025-03-13, that's 1 years, 11 months |
