Turkey Baster and sandbed

[canadianbudz604]

Does anyone use a turkey Baster to clean their sand? Lately I've been just sucking up maybe an 1/8 deep or 1/4 deep of the sand to keep it sparkly white. I do have a fighting conch but it is lazy as all hell and doesn't do much. I just suck it up it and blow it back out into nice piles. Is this a good habit or bad? What do you guys think? My sandbed is maybe 2 inches deep. I have hermit crabs and nassarius but they don't seem to keep it clean as I want. The crabs are too busy fighting each other anyways. Thanks