New Java fern help

Bonkers

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I recently spent a bomb on a Java fern attached to some wood. I love it but a couple of leaves were slightly decade, I believe it’s slowly getting worse. Should I cut these leaves off or will they come back if looked after the right way?
If I am to cut them, do I cut right at the bottom of the stem?
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You can cut them off at the end of the stem near the rhizome if you want to remove them, I don’t think they will fully recover once they have started to go brown. They don’t look too bad at the moment to be honest.

Some initial leaf loss is normal when adding new plants though. It can take a bit for them to adjust to the new water parameters.
 
Java fern can look as if it walked out of a warzone. Yours looks perfectly normal. I only take java fern leaves out of the tank, when the leave looks yellowish and thin. Then its end of life for the leave. You don't need to cut it off if you see a leave like this; just a slight pull will do.
 

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