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2 months ago, I bought a baby leo from a reptile shop, he was sold as a 'normal/high yellow'; yesterday, while I was cleaning his tank, I discovered he has grown a lot of orange on the side his body, all the way to its snout. My question is, I know tang babies are born with orange bands, but this one, he has absolutely no sign of orange when I got him, not even very yellow; could this be just a temporary thing, or is he turning into a tang?

This is how he looks when I got him in mid-May:

And this is how he looks yesterday:

They do that
heres a pic of mine before, since i have no idea how to post 2 pics in one post

apres, very pretty leo by the way, very unique colors and patterns

I would say you are lucky -- your little guy has turned into a very handsome leo! I am unsure if it would be classified as a tang, but there is obviously orange on him, and it should be there to stay.