# Import from multiple GaIIx lanes

**URL:** <https://forum.qiime2.org/t/import-from-multiple-gaiix-lanes/7577>\
**Category:** User Support\
**Created:** [December 21, 2018, 9:10pm UTC](https://forum.qiime2.org/t/import-from-multiple-gaiix-lanes/7577 "2018-12-21T21:10:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![thermokarst](https://forum.qiime2.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/8e7dd6/32.png) [@thermokarst](https://forum.qiime2.org/u/thermokarst)\
**Post date:** [January 3, 2019, 4:44pm UTC](https://forum.qiime2.org/t/import-from-multiple-gaiix-lanes/7577/4 "2019-01-03T16:44:43Z")

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> [@LauraMason](#):
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> I’ve checked the header and this is what I have:

This looks like QIIME 2 Metadata, _not_ a fastq.gz file. Do you have a separate barcodes.fastq.gz file? This is often referred to [as the EMP Protocol.](https://docs.qiime2.org/2018.11/tutorials/importing/#emp-protocol-multiplexed-single-end-fastq) If not, are your barcodes still in the reads? If so, you could check out [q2-cutadapt to demux these reads](https://forum.qiime2.org/t/demultiplexing-and-trimming-adapters-from-reads-with-q2-cutadapt/2313).

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