Goldfish, goldfish, where for art though, goldfish?

They are in a 10 Gallon tank, coldwater, sitting on a coffee table in the living room. My girlfriend confessed to tapping on the glass a few times but she said she hasnt done it in ages.

The fish do sometimes (rarely) come out from behind the ornament/fake plants but if anything moves close to the tank, the run back and hide.

They werent like that until a few weeks ago, they were quite happy.

I'm really worried, what could be wrong?
 
hey, mayB yur fish r stressed out, cuz that's wut myn did wen i brought them bac 4rm the store.... may i suggest taking yur fish out, adding Stress Coat, & letting it sit 4 a day or 2?
 
hmmm....... has any1 else besides yur girlfriend been tapping the glass l8ly?
 
Hiding or just not coming to see you when you walk by? I ask this because I can give you a definite answer for the latter...
 
Goldfish Girl, Stress Coat isn't really for that...it's for if their slime coat is depleted more than anything else and is usually only added during water changes.
 
They are hiding all the time when I'm around, I dont know about when I'm not around because I dont have CCTV cameras watching them. but if I sit still long anough, far away enough (ie watch tv in the other end of the room) they slowly start coming out. But they do come out when I feed them.
 
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