Just got home from my walk with Rainey.  She's excited about a book she is reading, The Elegance of the Hedgehog, by French author, Muriel Barbery.   I can't wait to read it.

Trippie is still quiet, so Robert transferred her with some pond water into a clear mixing bowl. 

While I was out walking, he discovered that Red Spot is also ill, so both fish are now in the bowl.  Unfortunately, the second of the triplet red goldfish is starting to isolate in the greenery in the outside tank.  We don't know what is happening!

It could be that since the fish have grown over the past few months they are overstocking the size of the tank, creating nitrate overload.  The weather has also been very hot lately. It could be "sudden tank collapse."  If the tank is overstocked, it may be such a delicate balance that an environmental affront like a heat increase could cause the fish to succumb.