Need reef lighting help!

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I know for a fact i'll get tons of crap for this but here goes nothing. I have a 20 gallon long I recently upgraded to from a 10 gallon. (I'm a soon to be college student, don't have a huge budget) When I originally set up my tank I purchased a (Brace for shock) Odyssea 20 inch T5 light fixture. Before you tell me, yes I know that 18 inch bulbs are almost impossible to find. I know it was a bad decision but this leads me to my question. I don't have money to replace the light and I want to know what kind of corals can I not only keep but grow with this light. So far I have a tiny Zoa, gold torch, and a candy cane coral. I'm a sucker for LPS and Softies. I don't really like most SPS. So people please tell me, with my light fixture, what kind of corals can i keep and grow?


As a side note, my tank is very well established and my parameters are very good. Thanks for the help!
 
Lps, polps and softies should be just fine under that light. They grew coral with a lot less lights than that 20 years ago
 

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