Barley Straw turned my pond water brown

I believe the "tea" colour should fade out over a few days... however I
only use straw never used the pellets...

Been over a week, and the tea color just gets darker.

apparently the liquid does away with any of this.. (although IMHO the
chemicals used to extract the Barley straw goodness might be a BAD thing for
the pond!)

but ill stick with straw methinks...

I just got my ebay barley straw bales in the mail today, so am ready
for Skippy #2! Speaking of this, the seller will sell these bales
without going thoiugh an auction... send email to
grannygrump*loricase.com and I will send you his name and email
addy.... (the * = @)

I will know then if it was/is the pellets that tinted my water.