odd

So I put a picture of this in my album, I just noticed it tonight. It looks like gel with silver eggs in it? I'm really confused as to what it could be? I only have a tiny snail in my tank, still fiddling with ph and such so don't have any fish yet? Also I washed all plants off pretty good...

Sorry for the side picture but can anyone explain why my shrimp are doing this. They are all gathered on the cord of my heater and even if I shake them off they come back to the same spot. There isn't any food or anything that would gather them to this source. My temp and water are fine. I...