# Import demultiplexed joined reads (R1+R2 joined)
**URL:** https://forum.qiime2.org/t/import-demultiplexed-joined-reads-r1-r2-joined/1356
**Category:** User Support
**Tags:** dada2, joining, paired-end, import
**Created:** [September 29, 2017, 7:50pm UTC](https://forum.qiime2.org/t/import-demultiplexed-joined-reads-r1-r2-joined/1356 "2017-09-29T19:50:49Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@MajdaD](https://forum.qiime2.org/u/MajdaD)
#### Post date: [September 29, 2017, 7:50pm UTC](https://forum.qiime2.org/t/import-demultiplexed-joined-reads-r1-r2-joined/1356/1 "2017-09-29T19:50:49Z")
Dear colleagues,
I am a new Qiime 2 user and I am attempting to import joined fastq files (this means that I have only one fastq per sample that includes R1+R2 joined). I am not sure how to import it into Qiime 2 in order to do quality filtering with DADA2.
Thank you!
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### Author:  [@ebolyen](https://forum.qiime2.org/u/ebolyen)
#### Post date: [September 29, 2017, 8:54pm UTC](https://forum.qiime2.org/t/import-demultiplexed-joined-reads-r1-r2-joined/1356/3 "2017-09-29T20:54:27Z")
Hey @MajdaD,
Ideally you would import them unjoined, and allow DADA2 to do QC on both directions before merging. [This thread](https://forum.qiime2.org/t/denoise-single-error-associated-with-p-trunc-len-values/1130) has some good discussion on why you'd be better off doing that.
If that isn't possible, you could probably treat them as single-end so long as your read-joiner produces "good" quality scores for the overlapped region between R1 and R2 (see linked thread for discussion), you could use `denoise-single`.
If that also isn't the case, `deblur` should work fine on your merged reads, as it works in a different way.
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.qiime2.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [October 31, 2017, 3:14am UTC](https://forum.qiime2.org/t/import-demultiplexed-joined-reads-r1-r2-joined/1356/5 "2017-10-31T03:14:05Z")
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### Author:  [@jairideout](https://forum.qiime2.org/u/jairideout)
#### Post date: [November 30, 2017, 6:21pm UTC](https://forum.qiime2.org/t/import-demultiplexed-joined-reads-r1-r2-joined/1356/6 "2017-11-30T18:21:33Z")
The QIIME 2 2017.11 release has expanded support for analyzing paired end reads! See the [paired end reads community tutorial](https://forum.qiime2.org/t/analyzing-paired-end-reads-in-qiime-2/2021) for more details. 🎉