parrot's feather in the 45

isn't going to work out

I knew it was likely to do this- because it's a plant that likes to surface.

I've kept it in even though it's dying off because the stems' height obviously gives the fish some sense of security. Am considering some different tall plants- might attempt to grow vals again, heard that vallisneria rubra can be more vigorous, or aponogeton longiplumulosus, or crypt spiralis. Other alternative is to just get some grasslike silk plants, but I haven't been able to find any right height. And that kind of feels like giving up, too.