Gorgonian ID!

[Fisker]

Hello!



I was out earlier and dropped by my LFS for some fish food, and ended up coming home with a gorgonian. I've been wanting one for a while, but not one this big... it's "huge", at least for my 10 gallon. I got it for $5, though, and I just need an ID. It was listed as a Sea Whip I was thinking maybe a rusty gorg, but I have no experience with ID'ing gorgs. Hoping it's photosynthetic! If not, I'll go trade it back into a store for credit or something.



It's not opened up yet, but the polyps are a nice tan/white color, and the skin itself is reddish-tan, depending on the light it's under.

 

[Gareth elliott]

Looks like Muricea elongata, the very deep magenta color of lights is covering a lot of details though. Photosynthetic

 

[Fisker]

Here's a pic without the blues:

Still not a great pic, but it's what my cell phone can handle (I've never been much of a photo taker, so nice cameras aren't exactly high on my feature list...). In this pic, it looks a lot more tan than it is in real life. It's definitely a bit more red (almost a deep pink?) than tan. The species you listed actually seems pretty close, and might be it!