Not necessarily. Your lighting is marginal but it will support many different species of soft corals but not all. For a tank with your dimensions (the height of the water column is what matters), T5's would be ideal. You don't really need metal halides as long as you put enough T5's over the tank.
Most corals are capable of adapting to a wide range of lighting conditions. Unfortunately, most corals that are collected are collected from shallow water because it's easier that way. However, that doesn't mean they can't adapt to lower light condidtions in most cases.
It would be nice if you could add to your present lighting in some way?



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