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What kind of light was the tree receiving at its old home? Are you allowing the soil to dry 1 or 2 inches down before you water?
Part of the problem might be that the tree is recovering from some shock due to moving to a new home. Ficus benjamina are sometimes a little picky about a move but it will get used to its new home.
Part of the problem might be that you are providing more direct sun than it was getting at its old house. It will also get over that.
But I am going to focus on water as, after a month, the other problems should be abating. You may be over or under watering. I am going to guess overwatering because, when I under water mine, the new leaves wilt and fall off - they have never turned black. Also, everytime I water, I give my tree a quarter turn to keep all sides of the tree healthy.
Fertilizing was a mistake for two reasons. Healthy plants require ferilizer rarely. Unhappy plants don't need ferilizer at all and in fact, could lead to their demise. I