JKsocr4,
Welcome! As Curtswearing said, please don't feel stupid. There are none of us here who haven't made a mistake at one time or another.
I'd agree with both Cougra and Curt ~ that your fish were likely victims of a cycling new tank.
The concept of cycling a tank with fish (usually damsels) is still often urged by many LFS's, but is no longer the method most commonly recommended. The stress of cycling often results in the death of the fish, and there are other, more humane ways to cycle a tank. The most common method is by cycling with live rock. Other people "jump start" the ammonia cycle by adding a raw shrimp from the grocery store.
It's possible that an abrupt change in pH is what killed your fish. Unless you added an extreme amount of food, it is unlikely that the food triggered the drop. What kind of food was it, and how low did the pH go? pH in a tank typically drops more during the nighttime hours, so the timing of the feeding could have been "coincidental" with the lowered pH.
It would probably help a lot of us if you posted what your water parameters are -- salinity, temp, pH, a/N/N, and anything else you test for.
Also, beware of solving problems with *additives*. There are many "snake oils" on the market, and in some cases, adding chemicals to your tank to "fix" a problem does more harm than good. Usually a simple water change will best help to bring things back into balance.
When you get a chance, give us a rundown on your tank - parameters, and also setup, filtration, etc.
HTH, & welcome!