Um, the prope is outside of the tank for the thermostat. I use a temperature gun (2 of them) to temp the other side of the glass.
Update;; think I'm on the right track. The hottest part of the heat pad is 96 and the thermostat is set at a 93. I know it's still high, so I lowered the thermostat to 90, so hopefully I get a 93 for the high? Thank you everyone for your help ;3; my lil Jade is precious to me and the last thing I want to do is hurt her because I was being stupid and naive of listening to people that obviously don't know what they are talking about.