Is my Java moss dead?

[sparklymoonshrimp]

Am new to a high tech planted tank and underestimated how much fertilizer the plants needed, so when I came back from vacation many of the leaves were brown and disintegrating. I had a lot of beautiful Java moss growing on a branch, but it's about 99% brown now, and it's been about a week and a half since I started dosing fertilizer again.

My other plants are bouncing back and have new growth, and the Java moss has small spots of green, but on the whole it's almost entirely brown and I'm worried it's not coming back now. Should I remove the branch so it doesn't raise the ammonia levels? 

Thank you for your help!

Edited March 22, 2022 by sparklymoonshrimp
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[Fish Folk]

Unhappy, but not altogether dead. My java moss prefers _less_ and _lower_ lighting to thrive.

[Patrick_G]

I agree, I think it’ll not at its best, but far from dead. I’d just give it a nice haircut, that should stimulate some new growth. 

[sparklymoonshrimp]

Awesome, thanks for the responses everyone! So the consensus is that the plant looks awful but it's not completely dead? And it should recover with care and a trim?? 

[Patrick_G]

On 3/22/2022 at 3:25 PM, sparklymoonshrimp said:

Awesome, thanks for the responses everyone! So the consensus is that the plant looks awful but it's not completely dead? And it should recover with care and a trim?? 

Yeah, I find it hard to kill. 

[Jungle Fan]

As everyone said it will recover, and @Fish Folk is right in my experience Java moss likes lower light and placement at lower levels of the aquarium, my Phoenix, and Christmas moss however I'm actually growing on branches very close to the surface, and I'm constantly having to trim them back.

[lefty o]

i agree with the others, its not dead, but its not real happy either.