I bought a fiddle leaf fig tree last year and read so many instructions (all online–maybe that was my problem!) for taking care of it. These things are made out to be gremlins! No direct sunlight but lots of bright, indirect light; water, but not too much or too little; etc.). After trying out a few spots in my house, the tree is super happy in front of a window where it gets several hours of direct sunlight every day (without the direct light, it started dropping leaves). It has more than doubled in size and has huge leaves. I water it once a week with about 1-1.5 cups of water. So far, so good!