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you defeated the purpose of the drip acclimation when you followed it with a fresh water dip. this falls into do what i say not what i do, but if the fish has been in the , bag less than an hour and i think the lfs maintains their tanks i float them for about 15 minutes then release them. no drip. long times in a bag or bucket are more stressful than being placed in a reef relatively quickly. i brought home a maroon clown, red sea sailfin tang, and a royal gramma the other day and basically floated them for 10 minutes and dumped them. the clown went straight to my bubble tip, the gramma made itself at home under my big milli colony, and the sailfin fought with my kole tang for about an hour. it's been about a week and everybody is happy. the time in the bag was maybe 20 minutes total and all three fish had been in the lfs for a few weeks. easy transition. osc and percula clowns seem pretty delicate to me. the ones that make become very hardy but most i ever tried were dead within days. this is my first maroon and it was brought to the lfs by a soldier that was deploying so i knew it was tough. if you want a pair of clowns do not introduce the sirvivor into the main tank intil you have a mate. they need to go in together. every tank has ich, it only shows up when fish are stressed or have weak immune systems. good luck.
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Ultimately I would also treat their food with garlic supplements(1-3 weeks) and make sure you reduce the stress as much as possible. Keep the lights off and try not to have too much movement around the tank.
