I'm pretty sure the the reason for progressive dimness is because of the DC bias is different on each tube. The brightest one is closest to GND; as the tubes get closer to the + filament supply, they get dimmer. I suggest running them in-parallel from an AC source, or a +/- square-wave that 'ZY' mentions below.
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