New System Tank - do you leak test in place?

[NancyFish]

Just bought a eshopps 70, not sure if I should leak test in the garage and then move up a flight of stairs to run it , or maybe do it upstairs? Or these new systems don’t need it?

Last tank was all diy so we did it in the garage

 

[Reef Jedi]

Personally I would leak test out in the garage. Chances are it’s good but you never know. I’d rather it leak in the garage than in my living room.

 

[Lithic_goose]

Do you have a bathroom you can use thats close by? I leak test mine in the bathtub, just use tape or a marker to mark the start level. Water leaks it goes down the drain.