I’ve had good luck with Dr. Tim’s one-and-only in the past, but you’ve got some good documentation there that it didn’t work for you. I once cycled a tank with it with fish and had only tiny readings for Amonia, and I never even got any nitrite. I’ve used Bio Spira too and it worked for me as well.
Interestingly, Dr. Tim invented Bio Spira while at Marineland. He also invented the bio-wheel. Just added some one-and-only to a new tank today. I will report back.