Quote Originally Posted by NYHC4LIFE8899 View Post
I keep my thermometer probe inside the tank for quiet a few months now,never had any issues. I want to know the surface temp. The inside of the tank..I'm talking about the thermometers one,not the thgymostat probe..urinatung is possible,but no way he can spill water in there,plusi have a fairly thick layer of exo earth and repti bark mix which is very absorbent. Don't see how that can affect a thermometer probe.
If you want to know the surface temp, a probed thermometer that is buried under a "fairly thick layer of substrate" is going be difficult to give you the temperature you are looking for, I would recommend a IR gun for such results.