Small white spots

G'day,

I posted the other day in the ID forum about some small white insect like things that appeared on the glass of my tank and ate all the coraline algae on it. see http://www.3reef.com/forums/id/white-bug-things-eating-coraline-algae-55093.html

Since then, my fish have developed some white spots on them. I'm not sure if this is a coincidence or not. Each of my 3 fish has 5-20 dots on them. They vary in size a bit, but most are tiny and very hard to get on camera. The fish are all eating and not acting particularly strange. Here's a video of them today:

I checked my parameters on Monday when I noticed them appear. Everything was good (0 nitrates, 0 ammonia, 0 nitrites, 9 alk) except for PH was at 7.0! I hooked up the air to a powerhead which rapidly brought the PH up to 7.6, then ordered some SeaChem Marine Buffer, which in the last couple of days has brought it up to 8.0 (I'll continue dosing this until it's at 8.3).

So my question is, is this ich due to the stress of the low PH, something to do with these bugs (or pods or whatever), or some kind of scab/injury/infection that developed due to the incredibly low PH?

What would you recommend doing in this case considering I don't have a quarantine tank? (no room ). I've seen some good reports on Vertonex. Note that I have hermit crabs, some corals and snails.

Thanks in advance for any insight.

Can sorta see 2 dots behind tuskfish's eye here:

And near his tail here:

Again on his eye and on his fin:

And can make them out a bit on the tomato clown here:

 

Looks like pods to me. Congrats not a bad thing. Wish I could get them

 

Thanks, I'm going to keep a lot closer eye on water parameters from now on. Would you suggest putting that Vertonex stuff in or just waiting for a while to see how it goes?

As a side note, is the Youtube feature working? The video doesn't seem to want to show. The video is here anyway http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kEWESBQZy5Y

 

Do pods attach to fish?

 

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Thanks for the reassurance.

 

Things are getting a lot worse now
The fish seem to be stressing out, often twitching like they're being bitten. The harlequin is just hiding in his corner (but did come out when he smelt his dinner).
The dots have spread on to all the fishes eyes which are now looking cloudy.
This clown is the only one I can get a photo of the problem on, but the other side of him is worse:


Params are fine.. 0 nitrate/ammonia/nitrite, 8.0 PH now, 1.025 sg.
Corals and crabs seem happy too.
Is it still best to do nothing?