How can I help this indoor plant?

[CousinBob]

I think this poor thing is an aloe vera, but it is not looking happy. I’m not sure if it has been over watered.
Any suggestions to revitalise it please?

I would repot it into half gravel half compost and put it somewhere sunny but not in strong direct light. It looks like it might have been over watered

Aloes are one of the few things I can grow. It is easy to over water them. Just give it a very little water every two weeks or so, even if you worry you aren't giving it enough water. When I've been busy I've forgotten about them for three weeks or so at a time and they have been absolutely fine.

Thank you both very much. Good to know there is a simple remedy!

Aloe is really good at coming back from the dead. They like a good drink and then to be allowed to dry out completely before their next drink, I find. My friend gave me one that she found behind a bookcase when she moved house - the poor thing hadn't been watered for months and was just a little brown stump and she nearly threw it away, but now it's a monster.

Do you remove the babies to get it to grow big? The one I have just makes lots of baby plants and itself doesn't get much bigger than the one the above. There are only so many aloe plants a house (and my friends)c need!

Ours hasn't actually had any babies. It just grows!

I would repot it as the head is now too heavy for its roots. IME with aloe, small pots for small plants and bigger pots for bigger plants.