Error in dada2

Hi
I need to compare my results with previous study, so I have download the sequence from ENA as fastq.gz file, contains 29 run of 454 FLX, I change the file name to Casava format and imported in qiime2, the summary shows no peaks

so i just run the qiime dada2 denoise-pyro --i-demultiplexed-seqs demux-single-end.qza --p-trunc-len 400 --p-trim-left 20 --p-n-threads 16 --o-table table454.qza --o-representative-sequences rep-seqs.qza --o-denoising-stats stats-dada2-454.qza --p-max-ee 1
shows that

Plugin error from dada2:

No reads passed the filter. trunc_len (400) may be longer than read lengths, or other arguments (such as max_ee or trunc_q) may be preventing reads from passing the filter.

Debug info has been saved to /tmp/qiime2-q2cli-err-9i7s74mj.log.

The sequence looks like this
@AF..01_118
GGGAATTTTGGACAATGGGCGAAAGCCTGATCCAGCAATGCCGCGTGCAGGATGAAGGCCTTCGGGTTGTAAACTGCTTTTGTACGGAACGAAAAAGCTCCTTCTAATACAGGGGGCCCATGACGGTACCGTAAGAATAAGCACCGGCTAACTACGTGCCAGCAGCCGCGGTAATACGTAGGGTGCGAGCGTTAATCGGAATTACTGGGCGTAAAGCGTGCGCAGGCGGTTATGTAAGACAGATGTGAAATCCCCGGGCTCAACCTGGGAACTGCATTTGTGACTGCATGGCTAGAGTACGGTAGAGGGGGATGGAATTCCGCGTGTAGCAGTGAAATGCGTAGATATGCGGAGGAACACCGATGGCGAAGGCAATCCCCTGGACCTGTACTGACGCTCATGCACGAAAGCGTGGGGAGCAAACAGGATTAGATACCCCCGTAGTCCCTGAGCGGGCTGGCAAGGCGCATAG
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!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@AF..01_226
GGGAATTTTGGACAATGGGCGAAAGCCTGATCCAGCAATGCCGCGTGCAGGATGAAGGCCTTCGGGTTGTAAACTGCTTTTGTACGGAACGAAAAAGCTCCTTCTAATACAGGGGGCCCATGACGGTACCGTAAGAATAAGCACCGGCTAACTACGTGCCAGCAGCCGCGGTAATACGTAGGGTGCGAGCGTTAATCGGAATTACTGGGCGTAAAGCGTGCGCAGGCGGTTATGTAAGACAGATGTGAAATCCCCGGGCTCAACCTGGGAACTGCATTTGTGACTGCATGGCTAGAGTACGGTAGAGGGGGATGGAATTCCGCGTGTAGCAGTGAAATGCGTAGATATGCGGAGGAACACCGATGGCGAAGGCAATCCCCTGGACCTGTACTGACGCTCATGCACGAAAGCGTGGGGAGCAAACAGGATTAGATACCCCCGTAGTCCCTGAGCGGGCTGGCAAGGCGCATAG
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!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@AF..01_229
GGGAATTTTGGACAATGGGCGAAAGCCTGATCCAGCAATGCCGCGTGCAGGATGAAGGCCTTCGGGTTGTAAACTGCTTTTGTACGGAACGAAAAAGCTCCTTCTAATACAGGGGGCCCATGACGGTACCGTAAGAATAAGCACCGGCTAACTACGTGCCAGCAGCCGCGGTAATACGTAGGGTGCGAGCGTTAATCGGAATTACTGGGCGTAAAGCGTGCGCAGGCGGTTATGTAAGACAGATGTGAAATCCCCGGGCTCAACCTGGGAACTGCATTTGTGACTGCATGGCTAGAGTACGGTAGAGGGGGATGGAATTCCGCGTGTAGCAGTGAAATGCGTAGATATGCGGAGGAACACCGATGGCGAAGGCAATCCCCTGGACCTGTACTGACGCTCATGCACGAAAGCGTGGGGAGCAAACAGGATTAGATACCCCCGTAGTCCCTGAGCGGGCTGGCAAGGCGCATAG
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!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!AF01_18_L001_R1_001.fastq.gz.

Can any one solve this issue.
Thanks for your kind kelp

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Hi @kulandai1

That's because the data appear to be missing quality scores — did you notice that? See here:

The !!! is where the quality scores should be — looks like someone placed fake quality scores in there as a place marker???

You should get in touch with the original authors to figure out what happened to the quality scores. This is a data integrity problem, not a QIIME 2 error so we can't really help with this.

Good luck!

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@Nicholas_Bokulich Thank you for your suggestion.
Can I use fasta format and vsearch replicate to pick OTUs
Thank you

Not in QIIME 2, but possibly outside of QIIME 2, then import the sequences and table for downstream analysis in QIIME 2.

Hi Nicholas
Thanks for your suggestion, i will try qiime1 to pick otu.

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